Tennessean article
"Mumpower said even though the GOP made it clear immediately after the election that the votes were there to take leadership positions in the House, 'evidently some folks didn't hear it, or didn't want to hear it.' The letter released Tuesday included signatures from every GOP member and member-elect of the House, saying they pledged to support a Republican speaker and speaker pro tempore, the number two position in the House.
A spokesman for House Democrats, Addison Pate, said Naifeh remains in charge until the legislative session begins, and intends to continue as speaker, despite the apparently rock-solid support of the Republicans.
'On January 13, when we begin session, we will cross that bridge when we get there. But he has every intention of continuing to be speaker. He has led the House of Representatives for nearly 20 years, and hopes to continue to do that,' Pate said."
In other words, it appears that Dictator of the House Naifeh intends to give up the gavel when they pry his cold dead fingers from it.