I think Texas Explorer must be the DU name for David Bonior.
He's been going around talking about how disappointed in Edwards he is over this whole affair.
Oh did I mention that Bonior had been Breck Girls campaign manager?
Or how about that my fellow alum Skins was on Bonior's staff until Bonior lost the Michigan Democrat gubernatorial primary in 2000?
I suspect that's how Skins ended up with Skins's island; he was out of a job in late 2000 (my fellow alum had also worked for Biden and Levin), has talent, is a nice guy, and Democrats owed him favors, so they gave him this job, creating Skins's island for him.
At times, I suspect he regrets taking it.