Martin, Strama, Bolaños, Carona, Lerner, and Ramirez

Democratic strategist Ed Martin, on his party's presidential primary contest in Texas, in The Dallas Morning News: "It's going to be the machine vs. the tide."

Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, a Barack Obama supporter quoted in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the role of super delegates in his party's nominating process: "Just as we had that rude awakening in 2000, we may be about to find out in the Democratic nominating process that the voters' will does not always prevail. That's the power of these super delegates. There's going to be a lot of scrutiny about what role they play."

Rick Bolaños of El Paso, firing up a crowd of Democrats — by kicking Republicans — at a Hillary Clinton rally, quoted by The Newspaper Tree: "Tell those morons they need to read their gospels. When Jesus Christ was brought into Jerusalem, he was brought in on a donkey, not a damn elephant."

Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, quoted in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on rumors that the governor might appoint his former chief of staff to the Texas Transportation Commission: "We don't need political hacks in that position. We need people who understand the business. We need people who understand transportation. We don't need someone who's unpopular with the Legislature."

Lawrence Lerner with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, quoted in a Wired story about a Florida textbook fight: "Texas buys about 10 percent of all K-12 textbooks, and Florida buys another 8 percent. If they want creationism in their textbooks, Wyoming may not have a choice."

Imelda Ramirez, talking to The New York Times about charges against former Mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez and the attendant notoriety: "Alice wants to be known. It doesn't want to be known for a mayor who stole a dog."