State Rep. Charlie Geren is supposed to be meeting sometime -- maybe even right about now -- with his "ABC" Republicans in the state as they try to craft their strategy for the House speaker's race, the Star-Telegram's Dave Montgomery reports:

Geren, R-Fort Worth, is one of the leaders — some say the leader — of a group of dissident Republicans hoping to oust House Speaker Tom Craddick, a Midland Republican seeking his fourth term in running the 150-member House.

Known as the ABC Republicans — Anybody but Craddick — the 11 dissidents plan to meet late Friday afternoon to unite behind a consensus candidate to challenge Craddick when House members elect their speaker on the opening day of the Legislature on Jan. 13.

The gathering at an undisclosed location is part of a pre-session frenzy that could decide whether Craddick retains his hold on the speaker’s chair or succumbs to a widening bipartisan rebellion waged by dissident Republicans and at least 64 of the 74 House Democrats.

We're going to aim to add Geren this weekend to our new interactive Google map profiling the contenders for state House speaker.

And remember, Twitter users -- we're calling on Twitter-ites to use the "hashtag" of #txspkr for tweets about the Texas House speaker's race. We're also positing #txlege for the upcoming legislative session.

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