Today kicks off fundraising season for all the seats in the House. The party devotees will be following the money in mind-numbing analysis for the next year and handicapping races of those people that support or opposed Craddick in an effort to keep the controversy alive.

The very worst thing we learned from the story in today's Chronicle was Perry and Leininger that both support Craddick may decide to jump in more fervently to protect their man Craddick and his allies. Those two are exhausting. (Houston Chronicle)