It took a little while, but this story finally got some national legs.  Charming.  From the New York Times:

In the latest flourish of a twisty melodrama that has consumed the General Assembly for weeks, the party chairwoman stripped the speaker of the House, Kent Williams, of his Republican Party membership, citing “dishonor, deception and betrayal.” Because Mr. Williams represented the party’s one-vote edge in the House, Republicans no longer control the chamber.

The bizarre sequence of events began on Jan. 13, the day the Republicans were preparing to elect their choice for speaker, Representative Jason E. Mumpower. Though the Republican majority was slim — 50 to 49 — Mr. Mumpower was so certain of victory that he had worked up his committee assignments and ordered 65 state flags, each of which was to be run up the Capitol flagpole that day and later distributed as souvenirs.

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In addition, Rush Limbaugh picked up the story – but we’re linking back to Terry Frank, and the Independent Political Report grabs hold as well.