With Congress out of session, the nation turns its lonely eyes elsewhere in search of suitably entertaining political theater. And sure enough, Democrats in the great state of Texas have done the trick.

On Friday, a Democratic prosecutor in Travis County (that is, hyper-liberal Austin) obtained a grand jury indictment against Republican Gov. Rick Perry. The charge? He threatened to veto an appropriations bill — a plenary power granted him under the Texas constitution — and then followed through on his threat.