Tom Schieffer's out, and for the sake of this piece, let's say Bill White is running for the Democratic nomination for governor.

How's that work out for everybody?

John Sharp: Can you hear the cackling? The only other Democrat who wants to run for the U.S. Senate might have won the lottery here. The theory: The Republicans in that race split up the vote on their side, and without White in the race, there aren't any other (major) Democrats to carve up his side of the vote. Probably not the formula for a first-round win ...

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