1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgDave Mannhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/dave-mann/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4AZigLO3bg"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/2358-capitol-offense-the-fall-of-the-house-of-craddick/">Capitol Offense: The Fall of the House of Craddick</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/2358-capitol-offense-the-fall-of-the-house-of-craddick/embed/#?secret=4AZigLO3bg" width="600" height="338" title="“Capitol Offense: The Fall of the House of Craddick” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="4AZigLO3bg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> The word was that right after the November 7 election, Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick had planned to go fishing. His office won’t confirm that, but it was widely understood at the Capitol that the speaker would be elsewhere five days later, when the Republican House caucus gathered for dinner in Austin. But between Election […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402