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In addition to the Yale course, there's also this Lecture Course in Ethical and Political Philosophy from Richard Dien Winfield, dealing with Aristotle, Rousseau, and Kant.
Winfield also has a Lecture Course In Social and Political Philosophy, dealing with what relation the economy should have to the state.
The Moral Foundations of Politics with Ian Shapiro, is also from Yale.
Lecture Course on Political Science (iTunes) with Wendy L. Brown also looks at the history of political philosophy.
Then there's Charles W. Anderson's Western Culture: Political, Economic & Social Thought, which is probably the best first lecture course in historical political thought.
There are many good textbooks, but regardless of which you choose, I recommend supplementing with another one. Political philosophy is one field where the author's bias tend to shine through, though you might need a different perspective to recognise it. A supplemental book (or ten) could give you that. The same goes for the different lecture courses, of course.
As regards sourcebooks, these two books constitute a broad selection of excerpts from original texts:
Great Political Theories V.1: A Comprehensive Selection of the Crucial Ideas in Political Philosophy from the Greeks to the Enlightenment and
Great Political Theories V.2: A Comprehensive Selection of the Crucial Ideas in Political Philosophy from the French Revolution to Modern Times.
Classics in Moral and Political Philosophy doesn't feature as many different thinkers as the two books just mentioned, but rather longer excerpts in stead.
You should also be aware that many of the classic works in political philosophy is available as audiobooks. Although their quality may vary, and you'll discover that not all works of philosophy are digestible in audiobook format, they're at least free! Commuters rejoice! :)
The links to the audiobooks also include a link to an e-text, by the way.
Also, don't start with Nietzsche.