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Texas Speaker Politics - Craddick Out - UPDATED

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The Austin American-Statesman's Garner Selby is twittering the Straus news conference.One thing is certain, Tom Craddick will not return as Speaker of the House of Representatives when the Texas Legislature convenes next week.Today's Austin American-Statesman reports, "Craddick out of speaker race; 2 in GOP ready to do battle."  It's written by Laylan Copeland and Jason Embry.Embattled Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick gave up his speaker re-election bid Sunday night as San Antonio Republican Rep. Joe Straus released the names of his 88 supporters, mostly Democrats. He scheduled a Capitol news conference to claim victory this morning. Many of Craddick's allies, however, vowed to fight on behind the candidacy of Amarillo Republican John Smithee after emerging from a meeting at Sullivan's Steakhouse in downtown Austin on Sunday night...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).