By GottaLaff
Governor GOP - PrimaryIt was reported more than once that Kay Bailey Hutchison was a goner. "Throw in the towel" were the words being bandied about.
237 of 8,236 precincts - 3 percent
- Rick Perry (i) 106,145 - 52 percent
- Kay Bailey Hutchison 61,357 - 30 percent
- Debra Medina 35,268 - 17 percent
By GottaLaff
Last October 28, I put up a post called "Why Kay Bailey Hutchison Will Lose":
Who could imagine a more engaging campaigner than Dickless McHeartStent:Former Vice President Dick Cheney will throw his support behind Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-TX) campaign for Texas governor, the AP reports.Okay, maybe she won't lose... but only because Rick Perry is such an easy target.
Hutchison is challenging Gov. Rick Perry (R) in a Republican primary.
With polls showing her way behind in the Republican gubernatorial primary, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) acknowledged to the AP that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) "has succeeded at casting her as a Washington insider, hindering her effort to kick him out of the Texas governor's mansion."
Said Hutchison: "It definitely has made it more difficult for me. I didn't think that people would buy that because I've been so effective for Texas."
"Perry seems to be riding a national wave of frustration directed at Washington politicians - the same anger that has fueled the "tea party" movement and complicated the Democrats' plans to overhaul the nation's health care system. The long-serving governor who has campaigned as populist has repeatedly criticized Hutchison for pushing earmarks and voting for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout."
Wow, Hutchinson must be really ticked by getting outrun by that reactionary hickboy. Via Taegan-
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds the Republican primary for Texas governor on a path to a runoff. Surprisingly, however, the runoff could be between Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Debra Medina (R), leaving Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) as the odd-woman out.
Perry currently leads with 39%, followed by Hutchison at 28% and Medina at 24%.
Analysis: "Medina supporters say their second choice is Perry by a 43-39 margin over Hutchison, suggesting that if Perry does win by ten points but still end up in a runoff Hutchison's prospects for gaining ground on him are not that strong."
The primary is in three weeks.
By GottaLaff
Sarah Palin is criticizing a Rick Perry campaign adviser accused of using the word "retarded" - but she isn't demanding that the aide be fired. [...]Apparently her achy breaky heart only achy aches when Democrats are involved.
On Monday, Palin called on President Obama to fire his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for using the very same word in a closed door meeting about health care negotiations. [...]
She said Emanuel's use of the term, first reported in a Wall Street Journal article last week, was "heartbreaking" and merited his dismissal from the president's inner circle.
By GottaLaff
Andrew Sullivan picked right up on that, and more:Now that Palin is headed to Texas to campaign for Gov. Rick Perry in his re-election bid, the campaign manager for Perry's rival Kay Bailey Hutchison is alleging that a top Perry aide used the very same term during a recent conference call.
Terry Sullivan, Hutchison's campaign manager, told CNN that Perry consultant Dave Carney dropped the "R" word repeatedly during a recent planning call between the campaigns to walk through logistics for the Jan. 14 gubernatorial debate in Denton.
"That's just retarded," Carney said when he learned about the holding room location, according to Sullivan. "That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard."
Oops, he said it again.
Tsk tsk tsk. One must be awfully careful about throwing stones when one is supporting a candidate who does exactly what one is condemning with such a vengeance.
By the way, Sully has a whole lot more to say about R-Gate, and it isn't pretty.
By GottaLaff
Former Vice President Dick Cheney will throw his support behind Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-TX) campaign for Texas governor, the AP reports.Okay, maybe she won't lose... but only because Rick Perry is such an easy target.
Hutchison is challenging Gov. Rick Perry (R) in a Republican primary.
By GottaLaff
Way to endear yourself to a broad (no pun) spectrum of voters, Carney.A comment by a strategist for Gov. Rick Perry that the Republican Party shouldn’t open itself “like a whorehouse” to new voters has infuriated prominent GOP women in Texas and given Perry’s primary rival, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, fuel for the re-election fight.
Perry is trying to distance himself from the remark, published in the Dallas Morning News, by consultant David Carney, but as Texas Republicans split into the governor’s social conservative camp and Hutchison’s more moderate one before the March 2010 primary, the damage was done.
Carney said he agreed the Republican Party needed to attract new voters. But, he added, “that doesn’t mean you take your principles and throw them out the door and become a whorehouse and let anybody in who wants to come in, regardless.”
By GottaLaff
MSNBC just flashed the Breaking News sign: Hutchison thinking about running for governor of Texas.
UPDATE:
Meanwhile, the Dallas Morning News suggests Karl Rove is advising Hutchison.UPDATE:
Hutchison's full statement here.It could be a fun GOP primary if incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Perry seeks reelection.
Perry won reelection in 2006 with 39% of the vote, in a contest that saw independent candidates garner double digits -- Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Scott McClellan's mother, got 18% and longshot singer Kinky Friedman got 12%. Democrat Chris Bell finished second with 30%.
By GottaLaff
"I've seen him get very angry and hostile with Senators. His temperament doesn't match what you're saying."I see Senator Boxer has read The Real McCain. Maybe she even read these posts, that discuss some of what's in the book.
"He said he has the temperament to be president. Thad Cochran says the thought of McCain in the White House sends cold chills down his spine. It's not rational when it happens. John McCain actually raised the issue. I think it should be on the table. Obama has been cool as a cucumber under the most scathing attacks."Whose finger would you rather have on the button? Whose temperament would you trust to deal with adversaries? Yeah, me too.
Via Jed Report, who reminds us of this-
Alex Castellanos
Whoever didn't get picked for Republican VP today may be a lucky Republican.
Honestly, it's not even hard to think of stuff to mock these people about. KB? Hoowee, I'm guessing most Americans would think that they're Mr & Mrs when they appear together, not running mates. KB is 65, and looks alot more like what McCain should be married to than Cindy Lou.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-TX) "long-shot prospect for vice president is getting a push from conservative and other pundits in the lead-up to next week's Republican National Convention," according to the Houston Chronicle.
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