Press releases come and go daily about any number of subjects. Fellow blogger Rorschach (visit Red Ink Texas) responded to one via email and I thought that both the press release and his follow-up comments about it were interesting and think that you might also.

I often talk about retail politics being the hard work that few candidates enjoy because it requires a ton of effort and energy. Some candidates hate it so much that their campaigns falter and wither away - think Fred Thompson. Republican congressional candidate Roy Morales is the rare bird that actually enjoys this type of campaigning and is quite good at it, which is how he slips under the radar of some of his opponents. Workers leaving the Lyondell plant on Sheldon Road in east Harris County were greeted with this yesterday afternoon:

After listening to three Libertarian Party candidates last Thursday at the Kathie Glass for Governor Meet and Greet in Webster, my biggest impression wasn't the candidates themselves but was that this isn't your daddy's Libertarian Party. I doubt that the icons of libertarianism would even recognize many of the positions that these candidates are taking in their quest for office.

Impressive. That is the first word that comes to mind each time I attend a function organized by the King Street Patriots. Organized would be the second because they are that. If you don't know who the King Street Patriots are, they are what I call a Tea Party 2.0 group, having moved beyond the rally stage and into a full time (basically) political organization, with their own office, weekly meetings, and regular weekday volunteer hours. And they have a very large following, from all four corners of the Houston Metro area. On this stormy Monday night, a standing room only crowd of over 200 came out to watch a movie. Oh, and to have popcorn, of course!