And, who says politics is too partisan? See, look at how the nice Republican is willing to help the Democrats out!

An attorney for Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick has reversed himself and now says the Republican speaker specified that his $250,000 donation to a political committee go to several House Democrats who supported him.

Last month, when Travis County prosecutors began investigating the donations, Austin lawyer Roy Minton denied that Craddick had directed how the money be spent. Craddick’s donation was to the Texas Jobs & Opportunity Build a Secure Future committee.

But on Tuesday, Minton said Christi Craddick, the speaker’s daughter who runs his political operation, wrote the Texas Jobs committee a letter in January asking it to give $50,000 each to four Democratic incumbents who had opponents in the March 4 primaries.

“Of course, they were happy to do it,” Minton told the Austin American-Statesman. “Tom knew everything that was going on.”