Paul Burka prints an email from Tom Craddick's spokesperson Alexis DeLee, which claims that Burka's Plan B post is all wrong and that it's Craddick who has the momentum and the pledges to win the Speakership. All I know is that this is the same Alexis DeLee who had no idea that Jim Pitts had jumped ship, so let's just say I don't take her word as the gospel truth. Which isn't to say Craddick can't or won't win - you just won't know who's going to get lily-livered until it happens - but he has no obvious reason to feel confident about his position right now. Read it for yourself and see what you think.

On a related note, Pitts says rumors of a deal between himself and Brian McCall are premature. Note that he didn't deny talking to McCall, just that he hasn't endorsed him.

UPDATE: Craddick fights back, and Phil King isn't a candidate.