Yesterday we reported Brian McCall's intention to run for Speaker of the Texas House.
According to Quorum Report and Paul Burka, it appears another name may enter into the Speakers Race after Christmas:
Another name that has been in circulation is Rep. Robert Talton (R-Houston). In his blog last Thursday, Paul Burka speculated that Talton [simply] was positioning [himself] for chairmanship of Civil Practices under the sponsorship of plaintiff's attorney Mikhail Watts.
Craddick's obscene pay to play model of leadership must go. Anyone but Craddick (ABC) is better than the "leadership" we have now.
As Democratic leader Rep. Jim Dunnam said to the Dallas Morning News, "There's a good majority of House members that believe Tom Craddick should not lead the House next session."
It is time for a new leader in the Texas House. Someone who will not allow special interests to buy legislation or friends like Bob Perry or Jim Leininger decide the direction will take.
It is as simple as ABC, Anyone But Craddick is good for Texas.
From my roommate who heard from the Capitol this afternoon, as well as Quorum Report, it's official- Brian McCall (R-Plano) has filed paperwork to run for speaker. The first Republican to challenge Craddick (and by no means the only potential candidate), we don't expect the race to be nice, normal, or otherwise predictable. In fact, we are pretty sure that there will be a few surprises...
