Remember that ever blissful night back in May when we stayed up late & watched legislators spank Craddick/Grusendorf on vouchers? It was one of the first times that a bipartisan group of legislators showed they could screw the leadership right back. Senfronia nearly ripped the mike right out of its podium that night. Hell, a lot of those R's that sided with D's on vouchers ultimately teamed up to kill that ugly HB 2 during the Specials. That being said, after the dust settled, stories started surfacing about some hardcore arm twisting & threats that were made. Anywho, QR is reporting that the Texas Observer is using an open records request to try & get ahold of the security video tapes from the back hall on that night. Wouldn't it be great to see what's on those tapes? The Attorney General sided with the Observer & said that the DPS should release the tapes. DPS is citing the Homeland Security Act & has gotten Akim Gump to help them keep the tapes. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.

To remind yourself of that fun night check out Pena's liveblog & the Observer's Revenge of the Rural R's.