MORE ON LOCAL REPUBLICANS SWITCHING PARTIES:

State Representative Kirk England's switch was welcomed as a positive sign by many Democratic legislators, while the Republicans auditioned to portray "Chutzpah" in the next dictionary:

Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Kenn George on Thursday described Mr. Creuzot and Mr. England as fair-weather politicians. Political opportunists are always trying to figure out which way the wind blows, hoping to save their necks by switching parties," he said.

Someone needs to warn notorious party-switching Republican Governor Rick Perry what his Dallas Chair thinks of him.

England was not the only Republican announcing his switch last week. Judge John Creuzot made his return to the Democratic Party official as well, with a statement at the DCDP office. Creuzot, probably the only Dallas County Judge who has been known to ride to work on a BMW motorcycle, had been appointed to the bench by Texas' last Democratic Governor, Ann Richards, in 1991. When the Republican coattails were sweeping all before them, he joined some other Judges in switching parties. Now he's come back to his first political home.

WATCHING THE WEB:

If you want more proof voting Democratic made things better, read these:
Coming Soon: Dallas DNA Exoneration #14 Texas Monthly
Past Dallas DAs concealed exculpatory polygraph in capital case

Democracy For Texas ran answers from the two Democrats running for our U.S. Senate nomination to beat John Cornyn next year:
Rick Noriega’s DFT Questionnaire Response
Mikal Watts’s DFT Questionnaire Response

Gay Pride Parade in Dallas Ignored by Local Newspaper
Weekly Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up

The re-emergence of the emerging Democratic majority.
Labor Group Sets $53 Million Election Budget N. Y. Times

Democrats Should Attack Bush, Not MoveOn Paul Begala
The Senate Votes on Tropes and the Troops George Lakoff
Perhaps Move On Should Send Cornyn a Thank You Note
Bush attacks on MoveOn and Democrats Olbermann video

Voter Purging: A Legal Way for Republicans to Swing Elections?
The mechanics of election fraud video with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Resurrecting Jim Crow: The Erratic Resume of the Voting Section Chief

How Bush has created a moral vacuum in Iraq Newsweek
Making a killing: how private armies became a $120bn global industry
The Two Words That Can Bring Our Troops Home

Rewriting 'God Bless America' with link to theocratic lyrics
An Evangelical Coup in America's Military
Fascist America, in 10 easy steps Naomi Wolf

Bush setting America up for war with Iran
Drumbeat For Attack On Iran Grows Louder

The top 10 big stories the US news media missed in the past year
15 more stories on the Project Censored list

Just for fun:
"White House reporters literally laughed" Bush in his bubble
How to Avoid Advancing the Gay Agenda hilarious "boycott" list

And the best title for a blogpost about Senator Vitter of Louisiana:
Either a New Orleans hooker or a Republican Congressman is lying. Guess which one passed the polygraph test?