For the second week in a row, state bloggers are writing about Congress's response to the nation's financial crisis. Others are recovering from Hurricane Ike, scrutinizing the Texas Youth Commission and watching the vice presidential debate of the millennium. And we've got the usual assortment of miscellaneous posts.

Bloggers are buzzing about the plan to bail out the nation's clay-footed financial giants. They're also recovering from Hurricane Ike, talking about politicians' disappearing acts and throwing a few bones to folks who are neither Republicans nor Democrats. And there's more, including an award for Headline of the Week!

Hurricane Ike demanded the attentions of state bloggers again this week. Ike temporarily shut down writers in Houston and East Texas, halted political campaigning (but not politicking), and inspired residents to whip out their cameras. We grabbed a few more posts on the storm, and then a handful on other topics.

This week, bloggers are captivated by the landfall of Hurricane Ike. They're also talking about persons of interest, reporting on state representative races and paying attention to U.S. congressional happenings, too. There's also a pair of posts on presidential events and a jumble of unrelated writings.

This week bloggers are offering up two kinds of posts — post that are about the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and posts that aren't. Plus, there's some stuff on U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, that didn't seem to fit in anywhere at all.

This week, bloggers in Denver for the Democratic National Convention wrote so much that we could barely keep up. We've highlighted what we thought were the best posts — if you want to see everything they wrote, click on the names of the blogs. In related news, bloggers are also paying attention to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, just starting, while just one blog attends the alternative gathering across town held by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson. And some bloggers don't get to go any conventions at all, but that doesn't stop them from churning out copy.

Bloggers are all about this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. They're also talking about Texas highway funding, a train trip, happenings on the campaign trail, and the usual gallimaufry...

The media, mainstream and online, are drawing flack from political people this week. Bloggers are also talking about a new polling project by University of Texas professors, a couple of guys named Edwards, and then there's a list of items even more miscellaneous.

Texas Libertarians are making noise this week. Bloggers are also typing about two-party contests, bidding adieu to one of their own (also claimed by press, the lobby, and the consultocracy) and keeping tabs on Rick Noriega's Senate bid because the M$M (mainstream media) refuses to! And we've got a return of the Headline of the Week award.

This week bloggers are all over the board on politic-centric posts. They're also talking about goings on in the government, making and breaking news and putting the spotlight on people they know (or at least know of).