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From the Quorum Report —

Rep. Warren Chisum announced today that he has collected the ten signatures necessary to force a Republican caucus to select a Republican nominee for Speaker of the House. Attached is the letter signed by the ten members required by Republican caucus rules that will be submitted to Caucus Chairman Larry Taylor on December 29, 2010.

“We need a Republican caucus to meet and select one conservative candidate for Speaker of the House. The voters of Texas have elected a strong overwhelming majority of Republicans to the Texas House of Representatives. We need to respond to the will of the voters and work together to select a single Republican nominee for Speaker.

“There are three Republican candidates for Speaker now, and the Republican caucus is the appropriate place for us to narrow the field to one candidate.

“I’m betting a beer that the winner will be the one with the biggest Bible, the whitest skin, and the most amusing Obama is Hitler sign,” Juanita offers.

“Thank goodness they now allow handguns in the capitol.  The shoot-out over this might put Democrats back in the majority.”