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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:00 AM

Political play of the decade?

In Tennessee, at least, Democrats know how to stay in control of the legislative branch.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2009 09:01 AM

    Same thing just happened

    in Texas, where Democrats in the minority ousted House Speaker Tom Craddick by backing a more moderate Republican Joe Strauss, who got a few Republican votes from the ABCs (anybody but Craddick) and all the Democratic votes.

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