So does Texas Democratic chairman Boyd Richie know something about his party faithful the rest of us don’t? Maybe that there are cons among his voters? You know, cons — as in “prisoner, someone in jail”?

So State Sen. Kirk Watson has caught the compeition bug. He thinks Republicans just ahve too much power in Texas. Where was his outrage at political monopolies for the decades in which Democrats ran the state?

While I agree with Michael Sullivan that it was nice to hear Kay Bailey Hutchison on Friday push against the proposed gasoline tax hikes and other revenue grabs proposed by the proponents of boondoggles like light-rail. But her new oppositions to such porkbarrel spending stands in contrast to her senatorial record of pushing the grossly wasteful Amtrak on American taxpayers.

Don’t get me wrong, I like Debra Medina. I want her to do well. But this whole “conspiracy against me” angle is getting old fast, especially since her campaign doesn’t have any facts to substantiate the claims. For those who haven’t been paying attention, dark-horse Republican candidate Medina has so far not been invited to the KERA-TV gubernatorial debate in Dallas; incumbent Rick Perry and prime challenger Kay Bailey Hutchison have been.

John Carona and Hank Gilbert hail from different political parties, but they have the same view on transportation: raise those taxes. They want more of our money.

Texas Tribune is reporting that the education commissioner has found a way to increase the number of charter schools. That’s great news for kids, even if the teacher unions and state Democratic party are up in arms.

Only 8% of the state’s 12.9 million registered voters took part in the constitutional ballot election. That’s not a healthy sign, given how important those amendments are. It’s shocking that 92% of the registered voters didn’t have an opinion on property tax reform, eminent domain abuse or new funding schemes for public universities.