The DCCC's new batch of Emerging Races finally contains a couple of Texans, Shane Sklar and Will Pryor. As someone who's been complaining quite a bit lately about the lack of national attention for our many good candidates down here, I'm quite heartened by that. As I understand it, that may or may not translate into tangible DCCC support (monetary or otherwise), but it serves as a kind of guidepost for people looking to direct whatever resources they still have into races they may not have known about before. I'll let you know what I hear about the actual effects of that.

One thing I can say: I was at the Begala Gala last night, and the guest of honor said that he'd put a bug in DCCC Chair Rahm Emanuel's ear to do something for Sklar. Begala, who of course worked with Emanuel in the Clinton White House, said that he'd been travelling around the country speaking for free at a lot of different campaigns, and getting some support for a candidate in his back yard would be his price for that. I sure hope he comes through.

(In case you're wondering what I look like in a suit and tie, here I am last night with Tiffany and Sherrie Matula. As they say, I clean up pretty good, if I do say so myself.)