I think that honor is being reserved for Senfronia Thompson.

Anyone catch this?
Democrats considering Laney for governor

By John Moritz

Star-Telegram Austin Bureau

AUSTIN - The last time Pete Laney got swept up in a political draft was when the longtime Democratic state lawmaker was called on to introduce Republican George W. Bush to the nation as president-elect in 2000.

But now, the former Texas House speaker who still represents a sprawling swath of the Panhandle in Austin, might be feeling a draft from inside his own party.

On the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, was showing off a T-shirt touting Laney as a candidate for governor. Several members sidled up to Thompson asking where they could get one.

"The Draft Laney campaign starts here. I sold 50 of these T-shirts in 10 minutes," said Thompson, holding up the shirt with the message: "Save Texas, Laney for Gov -- 06."

Thompson, who was a House freshman with Laney in 1973, declined to say how serious the draft movement might be.

"We could do a whole lot worse," she said.

Laney, a Hale Center cotton farmer and a car dealer who presided over the 150-member House from 1993 until the Republicans took charge a decade later, was often hailed by Bush as the model for bipartisan leadership.

Laney was the only House speaker during Bush's six years as governor.

After Bush won the presidency, he invited Laney and his wife, Nelda, to the White House on several occasions.

Since leaving the speaker's chair, Laney has kept a low profile in the often-raucous House.

Asked whether he'd encourage or even accept a draft for the Democratic nomination for governor, Laney remained coy.

"It'll take a lot more than a T-shirt," he said with a grin.

"'We could do a whole lot worse,' she said."

Such as going with Sharp.

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