Any time now, Speaker Straus is going to announce the winners of the House Committee Chairs contest.  There will be cause for joy, cause for angst, and cause for agony, depending on who lands where.

Speaker Straus, or so rumor has it, doesn’t appear to be all ate up with vengence and spite, unlike the former, unlamented speaker Craddick.  But, make no mistake, this here beauty contest is still all about power - who has it, who won’t, and who wields it best.

Baby Boy Gattis should be stuck in the penalty box.  Heck, the penalty box is too good for him - he should be out and out shunned.  He was a Craddick supporter…until he filed for speaker his own self…until he supported Smithee…until he ditched Smithee and jumped back in the race.  He flipped and flopped more than a big mouth bass spitting your lure right back at you.  John Kerry, eat your heart out. 

As for the rest of the die-hard Craddick supporters, Warren Chisum (Pampa), Frank Corte (San Antonio), Will Hartnett (Dallas), Phil King (Weatherford), Ralph Sheffield (Temple), John Smithee (Amarillo),  and Larry Taylor (Friendswood) - it’s gonna be interesting to see where they land. 

Don’t ya just love it when it gets down to the nut cutting brass tacks?

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