Special Session Looms

State Rep.Sefronia Thompson of Houston announced last week that she will challenge Tom Craddick for the post of House Speaker. Be still my heart. This woman made an eloquent attack on last years gay marriage amendment that should have made page one of every paper in the state, causing Rick Perry to resign in shame. Craddicks office dismisses her candidacy, noting that they have collected 100 pledge cards from supporters. But we can hope, noting that a bunch of PTA mothers and schoolteachers just knocked his Education Committee Chair, Kent Grusendorf right off the Nov. ballot. (See Texas Observers 'Wrath of the Soccer Moms')