What Democrats have been doing this year in Washington, D.C. isn't working. The voters of Massachusetts made that abundantly clear last night by electing a Republican to replace Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate.

It's clear we haven't been picking the right candidates. The mood of the electorate is angry and frightened. We desperately need candidates that can address voters' very real concerns head on, not endlessly repeat the talking points coming out of Washington, D.C.

In Texas, we've got John Sharp running for U.S. Senate. And despite the set back last night, Sharp's candidacy represents a very real opportunity for Democrats to pick up a seat in Texas.

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Fronted by Jerome.

As Democrats in the Texas House worked all weekend and through the early part of the week chubbing to death a voter identification bill that would disenfranchise millions of Texans and has rapidly become the civil rights battle of the decade in the state, one might wonder where the Lone Star State's two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate stand on the controversial issue.

The reality is very illuminating.

Earlier this year, appearing before a Texans for Obama meetup in Austin, Houston Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Bill White was asked about voter identification. According to folks who were present, White didn't say he was for voter identification, but, basically gave a blase answer that he didn't think it would impede turnout beyond a small amount.

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Some interesting happenings in my homestate. Promoted by Texas Nate

With former Texas Comptroller John Sharp's announcement today that he is in the race for the seat that U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is expected to abandon as early as this June to pursue her runfor governor, all eyes are turning to Texas and the prospects of Democrats  picking up another U.S. Senate seat between election cycles.

Since 2006, speculationhasmounted that Hutchison would abandon her safe senate seat to take on Governor Rick Perry in the 2010 GOP Primary for Governor. Hutchison toyed with the idea of making a similar run in 2002 and 2006 and ultimately made neither race. This time, however, she seems to be making the race for real, having formally formed an exploratory committee and populated it with a  million dollars from her bloated campaign warchest.

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