WHY I LOVE POLITICS

On urging of national party leaders, Texas Republicans draw up a redistricting plan to solidify Republican seats. Texas Democrats hide out in Oklahoma to prevent a quorum and to attempt to defeat the bill. Texas troopers are sent to find them and "tell them" to come back, but because the Dems are across the state line, the police can't arrest them. Brilliant.

The Texas redistricting battle has been pretty spectacular this year. See Rick Hasen's links here and here to articles on a theft of a redistricting map, and a Houston Chronicle article on Democratic reactions to the map itself, which apparently would lock in Republican seats in 19 of 32 Texas districts.

MORE: Kevin Drum has got the map, and Atrios has got some interesting tidbits here and here.