My very, very good, if long lost, friend Ethan Persoff has been journaling his experience with the Democratic Party’s newly resurfaced love of all things Texas.

He’s got three good posts here with more to come. His take on the whole Democratic floor show is both insightful yet funny as hell. Here’s a taste from yesterday:

 We are told by Campbell Brown (the CNN moderator) that a pre-debate drawing has been awarded to Mr Obama and that he has opted to let Mrs Clinton go first. An interesting move. Anyone who has ever watched Clinton peak knows that seduction is not her strongest asset, and she’s her worst when she has nothing to react against. Predictably, her worst animatronic qualities immediately boil up to the surface. It’s Howdy Doody Time.

Clinton’s eyes go wide and there’s that dopey practiced head tilt while she breathes in air. A hand appears behind her, pulling back a string attached to her back. You hear the wind of the chord and a release, and the familiar aluminum-can voice begins grinding out one long pre-recorded statement full of checklisted names and references: …

CLICK HERE FOR MORE! The Obama stuff is funny, too. C’mon, click it … you know you want to.