Texas Democrats run for the hills (again). What the lazy media has failed to properly convey to the public is that Texas isn't required to redistrict at this time. Two years ago, the Texas state legislature couldn't come to an agreement and therefore a federal judge panel drew the map for them and supposedly put an end to the issue.

However, now that Republicans control the legislature, they don't want to wait until the next census in 2010 to redistrict. After all, there's no guarantee they'll have control at that point.

Who needs reality television when you have states like California and Texas to entertain you?