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[...] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ... By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney "Today I am announcing that the exploratory committee is closed," Hutchison said at a Dallas press conference. "The campaign for governor of Texas is open for business. I am so excited and ready to go." The four term senator has made no .... I would love a two party system with people who have a brain. Kay is one sharp cookie. I don't think Texas will be getting on the news for goofiness with her instead of Perry the looney! **Please don't invite Sarah down, honey child. ... CNN Political Ticker – http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ [...]

[...] Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced she is challenging fellow Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his job.  Her campaign has been [...]

Alberta– Explain to me just what a "Demacrate " is please???
Perhaps you meant "Democrat".

Billy J– If you voted for Kinky Friedman, your voter registration should be revoked. Please tell me you didn't actually waste your vote on that goofball nutcase.

Reformed Republican– Her name is Hutchison, not Hutchins.

Truth Teller– she didn't "become a multi millionaire Senator" nor "enrich her family from it". She's married to one of the partners in one of the largest most successful law firms in the country. Trust me, she was well monied long before she got involved in politics.

And to those who haven't figured it out yet– she IS a Republican and not a Democrat.

Don't like either one! Kay Bailey Hutchinson supported Bush all the way and Perry is a moron!

Mixed emotions....She would make a good Governor. But losing her from the Senate is a big loss.

She would have made a great VP selection for McCain. I guess she was too smart for him. Good luck, Senator.

lila,
you and I are both right and wrong.
My words should say that Obama has reached a trillion dollar deficit the fastest in history. 6 Months. George Bush raised the deficit 1.75 trillion in 8 years. This is from fact check. If you have other sources, lay them on me.

I don't see where some of you say she don't have a chance. She will smear Perry in a primary. And the fact that Texas is a conservative state, will be the next governor. She even stands a good chance at getting the nomination in 2012 if she plays her cards right. Although that is a long shot. Hutchinson has done more for Texas than their looney governor anyway. She has my support out of the republicans.

It's not that I like another provincial Republican but hope you are slightly better than current Republican Gov. Perry for he screws up so bad that he even runs out of money to buy security cameras for monitoring illegal border crossing.

Go get 'em Kay – Perry has outlived his welcome in the Governor's House.

gotta admit I'm not a real big fan of Kay B. but since it looks like the reddest of red states won't have a Dem gov again then I would support her over that moron we have in there now.

Kelby in Houston tells us: "The Great State of Texas remains largely unscathed by this recession ..."

Care to a venture a guess as to why Texas remains unscathed?

I

This should be something to watch.

Big Hair Baily vs. Pompadour Perry!

The winner will show who was "nearer to God"!

Kay started out in the Senate as a pretty good representative. Then she got caught up in the George Bush crowd. But she seems to have stepped away from GW the past year. So I'm hoping she wlll return to Texas as the Kay I knew when she first decided to run for office.

She would certainly be better than that nitwit Rick Perry that we've got in Austin right now. Perry couldn't find his way out of a wet paper bag on his best of days. We definitely need a change in Austin.

secession --

You know people as a True Texan myself ... that stupid remark about 'secession' is becoming an old and tired joke. Get over it! WE will NEVER part ways from the US .........

Cali J, it's time we work with good people to change around what has happened to our econome. You can lay that on Bush's head, not Obama's. He's been in office a few short months, and can't perform miracles!! It will take years to turn around what Bush did to us in Eight years! I am a old republican who is not afraid to admit I voted for that idiot Bush, not once, but twice! I would be proud to have Kay as our Governor. As I would any good Dem or Republican! The sooner you screamers understand how most of us old republicans an Dem feel, the better off you will be. If we old folk can move on, so should the young ones into the 21st century. Mccain/palin would have been a disaster for 4 more years, as this was mounting to explode last yr.

I am not crazy for Hutchinson but when comes between her and Rick Perry ... My vote will be Hutchinson. Perry has destory his chance of re election with that stupid ' Tea Party ' and make Rush ' A Texan ' .... please!!! oooooooooooooooh and how about when he said ' Palin knew his heart' ... huh????

Billy J,
Carter and Gas lines
9/11 Didn't Clinton have a shot at OBL (Hot Potato)
Carter: Misery Index created because nothing else could describe the mess. Also failed military missions in Iran due to standard democrat defunding and resource cutting of the military.
Bushes economy in his frst 6 years before your Dems took over both houses was the best in history. Dow over $14,000.00
Reagan and Bush together haven't created the deficit or spent anywhere near what Obama has in 6 months.
Get your facts right Texas Boy and man up!

Republican Party is Done, Gone, Finished.
Filibuster for us. The Duds and Incompetent have been Eliminated.
Freedom has Come to America.
We no more have Idiots Running our Country.
We have no more Criminals in White House.
Republican Party did nothing in last 8 years.
Now they are Speaking.
They need to just shut their loud mouths.
ALL TALK + NO DEEDS = REPUBLICAN PARTY.

If she wins, does that mean that Texas will remain a part of the United States after all??

And will Perry go join Todd Palin in Alaska to secede from the USA?

@ Roger in Ca, who asked "What's her position on secession?"

Agreeing or diagreeing with her policies aside, she seems somewhat bright...I'm guessing she recognizes that nonsense for what it is: fundraising rhetoric from lowlife cut-and-run bitter sore losers who only respect America and democracy when it works in their favor.

Cali J,
"for the first time in history the federal deficit has surpassed one trillion dollars? "

Um, With Bush it passed 6 trillion in 8 years. Before Bush it went down under Clinton. Before Clinton The Gipper raised it over 2 trillion which was double all our other presidents combined. You see, The USA pays it's bills with tax money. When we cut taxes we bleed lady liberty. Those deficits are Lady Liberties life blood. Obama needs to raise taxes. He has them lower than the Reagan in the mid 80's by 15%! That a little truth the right wings hacks fail to tell you.

If the liberals and Democrats support Bailey-Hutchison then she is toast. Becoming a multi-millionaire Senator and enriching her family from it is par for the course of you loser Democraps. Everything that Perry did during Katrina, Rita, and Ike for Texans and the evacuees from New Orleans is lost on your moronic little minds. We don't want anymore Californians moving here either.

Hutchinson should be going for President! At least the republicans would have a contender instead of a nit-wit who doesn't even know what Bush's doctrine is.

Another repub jumping the ship. Gotta love it!

Remember, the republicans have destroyed the economy and lied about WMD's

Cali J...

you make it sound like somehow this last Bush wasn't the worst administration ever. Waaaaay worse than Carter. wanna count

no 9–11 size succesful attack during carter (the iranians did hold hostages just like there are American hostages all over the world right now , for some reason it doesn't matter anymore)

Deficit true, but nothing like Reagans and good lord Bush was just passing out our money to contractors by the wheelbarrow.

no complete infrastructure failure during a crisis like Katrina

it goes on and on. so man up and start helping and stop whining

I lived in texas for years, but call Nebr. my home. I am glad for Texas, and I voted Demacrate for Prez., but would be proud to vote for Kay. I hope the texans see the back side of Perry. He's a racist fool of the worst kind. I think Kay will work with Demacrates and Republicans alike, and is the good folk we need back in office. The trueth of the matter is, "We really don't care what their party filliation is, as long as they work together, get us health care, and put us back on a prosperouse path that Bush destroyed the last eight years".

I wish Senator Hutchinson the best of luck. She is one of the very few intelligent republicans out there and she will be better for Texas than that whack job Rick Perry.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Bill Clinton:
The President lied under oath as an element of a scheme to obstruct the due process of law, but we chose to look the other way? I cannot make that choice. I cannot look away. I vote `Guilty' on Article I, Perjury. I vote `Guilty' on Article II, Obstruction of Justice. I ask unanimous consent an analysis of the Articles of Impeachment be printed in the Record.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Scooter Libby:
I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn’t indict on the crime so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation were not a waste of time and dollars.

Now that is how a true texan raises money ....move over sarah let a real politican show you how to raise money.

I voted for her twice, and quit voting after the Clinton impeachments. The majority of the Republicans here in Texas are morons at best and complete criminals at worst. Gramm (responsible for the current bank debacle) is a good example. I will certainly vote for Kay Bailey against Perry, but am hoping for a better choice than either from the independents or Democrats. Maybe Kinky will run again, that is who I voted for last time... why not?

I'm going to vote for her. I think Gov. Rick Perry is nuts. He took an oath to The United Sates of America and treated that like it meant little more than mouth wash. He might not like some of Obama's choices but that does not mean Texas is a fair weather friend ready to abandon the rest of our Country when the going gets tough. He is just so sleazy. Turned me off something awful.

Kay for Texas ....you got my vote...we need you Kay.
Good Luck and hope to see you in 2012 for president

Kay Bailey Hutchison has been around Texas Politics for YEARS! The first time I heard of her was when she ran for state treasurer. She has run for and won everything in between. While she is a Republican, she is as moderate and as intelligent as we can get from that party in this state. The Great State of Texas remains largely un scathed by this recession and hopefully we will be able to ride this thing out. But, if there is no viable Democratic candidate...and there is not, Kay is the way to go.
Hell, I might I even campaign for her

Sorry to change the subject folks, but is there some reason that Drudge, CNN, or MSN are not stating that for the first time in history the federal deficit has surpassed one trillion dollars? Another historic event for Obummer. This is change we can live without. Wake up kool aide drinkers, this is your debt too. Go ahead and say this is Bush's fault! Make me laugh even harder. Tough to admit that the anointed one is just an empty suit community organizer who is in way over his head. The people he surrounds himself with are just as bad. This will be the worst administration ever. Even worse than Carter.

Good for you Sen. Hutchins!
Lets hope the "good" (aka normal) people of Texas elect you and dump this wild-eyed neocon chump Perry.
Perry has made Texas the laughing stock of the US with his tea-bagging, good ole' boy racist bleatings and absurd statements about leaving the US. The only thing he lacks is the mullet haircut, long-neck bottle of Bud and white hood to go with his "down home" dixie politics.
Thump him good Sen. Hutchins, thump him good! Bring respect back to the Lone Star state...

Well, thanx to Rick, you'll have a brand new Governor's mansion!!!

Even though I am a Democrat, I have a lot of respect for Kay Bailey Hutchison. This would be a huge improvement over that nut Perry.

I am a liberal democrat and voted for Obama, I "m as liberal as they come but if this woman were to run for President I would vote for her......this is one smart and savvy republican........she has the experience unlike Palin, she has finished the offices she has been elected too unlike Palin, she can speak intelligently unlike Palin.......If republicans had any smarts they would start working to get this woman out there and supporting her.........

Every one of those contributors wasted their money by throwing it at a narcissistic, uneducated, unprepared, immature little girl who can't take political heat and is a quitter.

I recant my earlier comment. She stands a chance of winning if she can attack Perry on his comments about seceeding from the union.

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is definetely a step up from the current governor of Texas.
Perry need to secede himself from politics.

I knew it wouldn't take long for some of you to interject Sarah Palin into this story! The same mouths that scream "enough of Sarah" are some of the same mouths (and fingers) hat keep interjecting her in stories that are not remotely about her! Can't have it both ways Liberals!

ADN dot com says Palin will campaign for Perry. HUH? Not for a woman, but for a secessionist - go figure. Maybe the first DUD pulled her strings again.

Dutch/Bad Newz, VA July 13th, 2009 4:17 pm ET

She must have fell off her rocker. She wouldn't stand a chance.
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Thanks for the Virginia opinion (useless as it is). Folks here in TX will disagree with you – we're not all "tea bagging" succession seeking wingnuts – there are folks here with live and functioning brain cells.

Perry is a radical nut, Hutchinson is not psycho enough for the Limbaugh "base". So good luck to her, and I'm sure the Dems would rather have Perry.

Good for her. I'm not a Republican, but I realize whoever wins the GOP primary will likely win the governor's seat, and Rick Perry wants to secede from the country, making him a traitor. He's also known for making quite a lot of weird comments. Hutchinson reminds me a lot of Ann Richards for her outspoken, direct, no-nonsense methods of communication, which is what we need more in our government these days.

FINALLY!!!

I doubt I'll vote republican in the governors race here, but I'd take Hutchinson over Perry. He's a wingnut – appointing creationists to the school board, eliminating health programs in the schools. Embarrassing the state with his ridiculous talk about succession.

He barely held on in the last election – heck, he almost lost to Kinky Friedman! Perry's a gonner, and to that I say good riddance.

She'll have a fight on her hands if Bill White the mayor of Houston gets in the race...but the outcome will be better if Perry is tossed out.

Perry has already "promised" us that Palin will be hanging out with him on the campaign trail. Kay, we are so ready for some honesty and common sense in the capital. This is one democrat who will be voting in the Republican Primary come spring.

If she beats the "secessionist" her state owes her a huge debt of gratitude.

Patriots Before Anarchists! Be it Democrat, Republican or Independent.

Kay Baily Hutchison will make and excellent governor of Texas. Here is a Republican woman who is educated, experienced and intelligent unlike Sarah Palin who seems unqualified even as governor of Alaska. Ms. Hutchison stands hands-over Rick Perry whose claim to fame seems to be his threats that Texas should leave the union as he does not like the way things are going. Good luck to you Ms. Baily, I wish that I could cast a vote for you!

This is the sort of person who might have won McCain the Whitehouse. That said, I am particularly happy that Obama won given that Palin would have been VP.

Hey as long as Texas kicks that successionist out of office...what a hater and divider that gov. Texas has got right now!!

Texans need to get their cowboy politicians out of office and actually put someone in their with a fuctional brain. I don't think a democrat will ever run the state of Texas, but the last election may prove me wrong. When I think back to when I was stationed there and then Gov. Bush was the head honcho, I knew something was seriously wrong with majority of Texans. Who put that numbskull in charge. For a guy who has so many Christian "values," he sure did execute alot of people in Texas.

Folks, Kay is a Republican. There seems to be some confusion here. She can't take Texas back from the GOP, she is GOP.
That having been said, I still think she is qualified even though I disagree with her on almost every issue.

Kay Baily Hutchison will be an excellent candidate for governor of Texas and can show the people of this country that, unlike Sarah Palin, there are qualified and intelligent female Republican candidates. Her far more reasonable stance on issues that face this country are in great contrast to far-out current governor Rick Perry who earlier suggested Texas may leave the union when he didn't like the way things were going. Good luck Ms. Hutchison – I wish I could vote for you. This country needs strong women on the national stage.

Val in North Carolina

I am a Democrat. This is one Republican, of a number that I could count on 3 fingers that I would even CONSIDER voting for....and is likely the only Female candidate that could beat Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head...She should have been McCain's running mate instead of Palin....So sorry for ya.

Good for her. Now here is a qualified woman. Even if I disagree with her on every issue at least she is not a crazy scary quitter. MCCain would have been better off picker her for VP.

What's her position on secession?

Senator Hutchinson is NOT a dynamic leader.
There is no way she could be a better Governor than Governor Rick Perry, who will run again.
Hutchinson should stay in the Senate.

I am no Republican, but I think she would be a HUGE improvement. I would love a two party system with people who have a brain. Kay is one sharp cookie. I don't think Texas will be getting on the news for goofiness with her instead of Perry the looney!

**Please don't invite Sarah down, honey child.

Go Kay. Just don't talk about leaving America, the place you claim to love.

Texas needs to go this less wacko route, if they want to stay relevent.

Don't really care for Huchison, but I hope she kicks Rick Perry's butt!

Texas is a tough state for the Dems to deliver. For one, it is a red neck state, somewhat like the carolinas, and for the other, Chuck Norris, probably, is waitin' in a corner to pounce lika a panther to endorse a GOP buff.

Hutchison is unstoppable for 2010!!!!
Perry's goose is cooked no matter how many of his patronage beneficiaries and cronies support him. "Mr. Succession" Perry has no chance in hades to extend his reign of incompetence.
No one can deny Hutchison is the frontrunner For Texas Governor in 2010.

Now there's a woman with some sense.

Being from Texas I'm hoping Debra Medina, Republican candidate for governor of Texas wins!

OK Here is the Perspective!!

Kay Bailey Hutchison: 6.7 Million Raised first 6 months of this Year
Sarah Palin PAC: 730 Thousand Raised first 6 months of this Year.

So.....if 730K is 'Big' Money.......what is 6.7 million? 'Mega-Money'??

Let's all put Palin's 'six' PAC in real perspective....namely...MINIMAL impact.

Run Kay and take back Texas from the GOP and Chuck Norris!!

Hey Kay, invite Quitter Sarah down, she's got some rightwing money to spend on you. Poor Texas - Good grief!!! You couldn't get any deeper into Dumdf–kistan, unless of course you slipped on some cow dung at the border and fell onto Oklahoma!

We have to keep Palin around. If I could just get some more video of her winking into the camera, oh yeah, thats the good stuff!

Thank GOD, I'll take Hutchinson OVER Perry any day, any time.
Governor Perry is a fool of fools. This idiot needs to pack his succession bag and move to Mexico.

She must have fell off her rocker. She wouldn't stand a chance.