First, an update on the shenanigans. An aide to State Rep. Joe Straus says Straus will lay out more than 80 names of his supporters sometime this evening. Stay tuned for the list.

Meanwhile, the current speaker is hunkering down with his top supporters in Austin tonight. At a steakhouse. Get it, steak out? (Groan.) I'm mobilizing microblogging site Twitter to help keep up with the comings-and-goings at Speaker Craddick's strategy meeting. Check back or follow me at www.twitter.com/elisewho for updates starting at around 6:30pm. (Ed note: These are from Sunday night, live tweets are no longer updating within this post, live tweets are at my twitter location.)

* Watch Craddick lieutenant Hartnett discuss what's next www.kvue.com/politicaljunkie

* About to post some video of a very candid Will Hartnett discussing what's next.

* See Straus' 85 supporters: http://tinyurl.com/strauslist. about an hour ago

* Straus GOP support includes Branch, Todd Smith about an hour ago

* Craddick looked fine, no anguish on face about an hour ago

* Texas Weekly reports that Craddick withdrawing from the speaker's race: http://texasweekly.com/node/3515 about 2 hours ago

* Expect a list of Straus' pledges in about 15 minutes. about 2 hours ago

* Waiting on list of candidate Straus' pledges before leaving for Craddick meeting. about 2 hours ago

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