Teen prodigy Stephen Yellin gives his view of the 2004 House races in Texas. He's a bit more optimistic than I am, but it's always nice to get an outside perspective. I will say this - if Ralph Hall actually does get a serious Democratic challenge, this will wind up being a better year than I'd have ever thought. I can't say I'm banking on it, of course.

Meanwhile, there's a couple of good articles in the AusChron about the Democratic primary in CD25 between Leticia Hinojosa and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, which so far has been more muted and less acrimonious than I feared, and on State Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos' decision to endorse Hinojosa, thus making him the only Austin pol to do so. Byron has some more on this race as well.