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Susan Davis reports on politics.
Texas GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison officially launched her bid for the governor’s mansion today, setting up what is expected to be one of the more expensive and contentious contests next year as she attempts to unseat fellow Republican, Gov. Rick Perry in the March 2010 primary.
Hutchison begins her campaign with a five-day, 19-stop “Texas Can Do Better” tour that will have her canvass the Lone Star State.
“He’s a dedicated public servant,” she said of Perry at her campaign kick-off in her former high school. “I know he loves Texas. But now he’s trying to stay too long.”
The Dallas Morning News reported that Mark Miner, Perry’s spokesman, was on hand at the event to counter Hutchison. “It’s very easy to criticize after being in Washington for 16 years,” he said. “After years of bailouts, earmarks and out of control spending, she wants to come back to Texas and bring those Washington policies back here that are proven to be ineffective.”
A truck with a sign the read, “Kay Bailout Express” was outside the event.
Karen Hughes, a former top adviser to former President George W. Bush, has endorsed Hutchison and appeared with her this morning. “This race is too important to stand on the sideline,” Hughes said.
In February, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Perry.
According to the Associated Press, just two Texans, Sam Houston and Price Daniel, have made the jump from the Senate to the governor’s mansion.
Hutchison will give up her Senate seat sometime in the fall, but she has not announced a specific date yet.
Comments (3)
I think that Kay has been an interesting Senator from Texas. But I am confused about her vote against Supreme Court Nominee, Sotomayor. In a predominantly hispanic state, why did she vote against a new voice, a safe voice in the long struggle for equality for all people? That vote hurts, and she is far weaker for it ,and consequently she shall not prevail in this contest.
CONGRATS!!!, We need more like you to balance this crazy super majority spending!
I suggest we all be very cautious when it comes to listening to Mr. Obama at this stage of the game as he seems to have only one agenda as President and that is CONTROL. It is interesting that as the Health care bill has had time to be digested (instead of being forced to a vote by Mr. Obama with little time to actually read the bill), many conflicting views have resulted due to the ambiguity of the language and my feeling is that if a bill is crafted with such ambiguous language that so much of it can be left open for interpretation, then it should not pass! Once we let the Government in, they will define it however they feel fit and whatever Mr. Obama is saying now he could easily go back on.