Dewhurst may have fallout on school bill's failure

HoustonChronicle.com - Dewhurst may have fallout on school bill's failure: "Dewhurst may have more potential political liability than Craddick"

" It's no secret that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst would like to be governor or a U.S. senator someday, and those aspirations can't be separated from his work as the Texas Senate's presiding officer.

However, Tom Craddick, his counterpart on the other side of the Capitol, envisions no statewide race. He seems content to remain speaker of the Texas House and, as one legislator put it, Midland's "emperor for life."

In the eyes of the public, both may share in the blame for the Legislature's failure to overhaul the school finance system and cut school property taxes. But they don't share the same potential political liability."