Goodness knows we have enough political entertainment here in Georgia, with one of our legislators biting a fake penis and yanking down his britches on TV, and dueling endorsements from the president and the governor. But something important has been happening in Birmingham.

From California to Georgia, there’s talk about states breaking apart from each other. The idea seems in keeping with these fractious times, but so far the idea of divorce doesn’t appeal to many voters.

We don’t know yet how much that secret recording of Casey Cagle admitting that he’d put politics over policy will affect the runoff campaign. But it reveals some interesting things about what’s worried the Republican front-runner, and what hasn’t.

Pop quiz: Who got the most votes in the Republican primary the last time there was an open-seat race for governor eight years ago? The answer sheds some light on this year’s race.

The history of poison gas is, you might say, a rather vaporous subject. So much so, that a substantial portion of that history has been made in the past few months.

The legislative year hasn’t ended yet in a lot of states, and the evidence isn’t overwhelming. But based at least on the reduction in material they’ve provided late-night monologues, lawmakers around the country seem to be going about their business with significantly less posturing this election year.