I think Bernie is quite likely to run

Just not as a Democrat. Since he isn't, you know, actually one. And if I'm right, it will be interesting to watch the reaction of those who still cling to a Nader-in-2000 grudge.

But Bernie will still only pull something around 4-5% tops, and almost no electoral votes. Might not even influence the electoral count in any more than a handful of Northeastern and Pacific Coast blue states.

Hillary Clinton is going to be the nominee if she runs, Joe Biden if she does not. And Ted Cruz or Rand Paul is going to be the GOP nominee. And hilarity will ensue. If it is Cruz versus Clinton -- and Clinton picks someone named Castro from Texas as her running mate -- it's all over for the foreseeable future for the Republicans. (White House prospects, that is.) Texas turns blue and stays that way for a generation or two, along with the nation.

If the Democratic nominee is Biden or *surprise* anybody else, then the GOP has a bonafide opening. That's all they have, is a puncher's chance.

Some great photos from the Houston Chronicle

On June 20, 1967, Ali was tried, convicted,and sentenced in a Houston court to five years in prison for refusing to serve in the military and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for draft evasion. His lawyers then appealed the court's decision, which was denied in May 1968. He returned to boxing in 1970 while his case was on appeal.

The case found its way to the Supreme Court in June 1971, where his conviction was overturned. The high court stated that it was not possible to decide which of the three basic tests for conscientious objector status were used and relied on by the draft board in Ali's case to deny his objecting status.

The Houston MEPS has been processing applicants for the Armed Forces at that Houston site since 1966. To this day, you can still see new recruits leaving the building for recruit training in other cities.

Not just getting them registered.

There are between 2.5 and 3 million CVAP (citizen voting age population) Texans who are not registered. There were eight million Texans who were registered to vote in 2012 who did not do so.

These numbers come from a former SDEC committee chairman for the Texas Democratic Party.