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Whither justice reforms in a post-Craddick House?

I've been taking an "I'll believe it when I see it" approach to claims by "insurgents" in the Texas House of Representatives that they had enough votes to definitively oust Speaker Tom Craddick. But combined with seemingly every other GOP House member having announced their Speaker candidacy, the news yesterday that House Democrats released 64 anti-Craddick signatures (pdf) makes me think that, even though he's still the biggest, meanest dog in the fight, at the end of the day the pack will probably take him down.There are 74 Democrats in the House, so 64 anti-Craddick signatures means 10 didn't sign, and predictably they're all "Craddick Ds," i.e., Democrats who backed Craddick for Speaker in 2007 and were rewarded with plumb committee assignments...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).