Political play of the decade?

After almost 140 years, Tennessee Republicans finally got a chance to hold power in their state's General Assembly. Thanks to some crafty manuevering by their Democratic colleagues, however, the GOP's moment in the sun was all but over in a matter of hours.

One of the first matters the new session had to take up was the election of a new Speaker. The Republicans had their candidate, Rep. Jason… » Full Story on Salon.com