Turner = Craddick's Stalking Horse

Paul Burka has an interesting post about the real motivation behind Sly Turner's race for Speaker. As Inigo Montoya says in The Princess Bride, "let me sum up:"

More likely, this is not a play for speaker at all. It is a play to protect the Craddick Ds from a primary challenge. Turner's candidacy gives the Craddick Ds the opportunity to pledge to a Democrat. This removes the main argument that can be used against the Craddick Ds in the primary. Then, safely reelected, they can deliver their votes to Craddick in January 09.

As a commenter suggested, Democratic primary voters should make their candidates pledge NOT to vote for Craddick.