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Posted on 07/29/2009 3:57:40 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
When it comes to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s (R-Texas) expected retirement from the Senate, the question is moving from “Will she or won’t she?” to “Will he or won’t he?”
As Hutchison appears to come closer to calling it quits to focus on running for governor, the emerging question in the Lone Star State is, when she does, whether Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst will throw himself and his hundreds of millions of dollars into the race.
Without Dewhurst, there doesn’t appear to be a Republican front-runner, and the GOP field has been badly outraised by a pair of Democrats. With Dewhurst, there wouldn’t exactly be a clear GOP field, but he would give the party a sense of clarity and a near-lock on gaining at least half of a two-person runoff.
For special elections, Texas holds an open election in which any number of candidates from either party can run. With a diluted and under-funded GOP field right now, Democrats are feeling good about the chances of Houston Mayor Bill White and former state Comptroller John Sharp, each of whom have amassed a few millions dollars for the race.
That growing imbalance is one of Dewhurst’s biggest assets, should he join the race. As the founder of an energy company, he can instantly tip the financial factor in the GOP’s favor.
Dewhurst has mostly played his cards close to the vest, but a month ago he expressed interest in the race to The Austin American-Statesman. Since then, the Dewhurst-for-Senate talk has reached a fever pitch among political operatives, with many seeing him as a good bet to enter the race.
Dewhurst has certainly shown plenty of interest in the upper chamber and considered running for an open Senate seat in 2002.
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Michael Williams anyone?
State Senator Dan Patrick?
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Kinky Friedman said he was going to run again but not as a Republican. Pretty sad when the man who sang ‘They Dont make Jews like Jesus anymore’, ‘Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed’, and ‘Asshole from El Paso’ does not feel running as a Republican subtracts from his credibility.
Williams is definitely interested. I haven’t heard of Dan Patrick.
How long before the MSM mantra of “She’s a quitter” starts to ring?
Kay better not try any smack against Palin now.
An interim appointee will be chosen by Perry to replace Hutchison. Who is the expected choice?
Jerry “2nd Amendment” Patterson.
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