It's like (former Texas Longhorns football coach) Darrell Royal used to say about the forward pass: Three things can happen and two of them are bad. Many things can happen in a Legislature. Most of them are bad. Bush got out unscathed.

John Eddie Williams has taken a sudden and expensive interest in the SD7 race. But instead of being upfront about his involvement in a Republican Party primary, Williams apparently attempted to hide his contribution by sending it through an innocuously named political action committee. Voters deserve to know the true source of campaign funding and the real players in the race.

It was a good proposal; there really weren't any weak proposals.