Seeking clarity from Hutchison (TX)

Dallas Morning News ^ | 10/31/2009

[Theodore R.]

I think the deadline is Jan. 4.

[Theodore R.]

Easy answer, zeugma, it’s because the people will consider only people with name ID.

[anymouse]

Hoffman is leading in the NY23 special congressional election race. Medina is in dead last in the polls.

The NY23 special congressional election isn't run through a primary election, so Party affiliation is secondary and winnable by a “third party” candidate, especially now that the RINO has thrown in the towel. Medina would need to first need to miraculously overcome a huge vote and money deficit to beat two strong Republican challengers, then she would need to go up against a fairly strong and popular Democrat opponent.

She has not shown any track record of being able to do this on a statewide basis. She probably doesn't have a big enough campaign budget to travel around Texas enough to get even name recognition, let alone buying TV, radio and newspaper advertisement to get her message out.

You can rant and rave all you want, but it's a long way from running a small county party chair race to covering all of Texas, especially against a sitting Governor and Senator that have already raised orders of magnitude more campaign donations than Medina will ever raise.

And lastly but not least, I heard Medina address the RPT convention last year. She is a weak speaker. The rank and file Republican voters, who she needs to vote for her, booed her off the stage in the general assembly. They will remember that she nearly broke down in tears, when she didn't get her way. No one wants a weak governor - not even the Democrats.

[anymouse]

I'm not thrilled with any of the choices in the Governor race. But given a Hobson’s choice I think most voters will give Gov. Perry another term. It's still a long way until March, but I don't see Medina or Kilgore having a prayer of breaking out of the single digits.

It will be interesting to watch Perry and Hutchinson slug it out though. Not because I think either are particularly interesting, but to see who lines up on either of there camps. There are already some interesting alliances being formed and the “client state” proxy wars could get bloody.

[hocndoc]

Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing.

If you want to change the power structure in Texas, you ought to go after our Lieutenant Governor, not the Governor, a very weak office in Texas.

He does have some ability to push certain legislation from behind the scenes.

However, the ability to appoint bureaucrats is significant, and Governor Perry’s done a pretty good job. He’s stood for life and the family every chance he gets. (Much better than we’re afraid that Hutchison would do - in spite of her “94% rating.”)

His appointees, along with Attorney General Cornyn and Abbot, have helped restrain abortionists to the full extent of the law. In the past, “inspections” were mere formalities and the State bureaucrat in charge of those would lunch with the abortionists at hearings. No longer.

The AG’s office is ruling on RU486, and whether or not any doctor who uses it needs to register as an abortion clinic. At least 4 clinics in San Antonio were forced to close this year and required to pay fines for doing medical abortions without a license and/or while taking State funds. El Paso Planned Parenthood - the whole clinic - closed, giving in to hard times, too, pushed by our informed consent, parental notification and consent laws that even require a notarized ID for the guardian of minors and waiting period after formal information and consent.

Our finances in Texas are stronger than most every other State. Kay’s deciding to “come home” in this way is disturbing a pretty fine balance and taking at least 2 very good conservatives out of their job with at least 4 running on the Republican ticket to become our State Senator.

The only good thing about all this is that we might get a second conservative Senator in Washington.

[hocndoc]

May the Lord make it so == the Party that gets the most votes for Governor runs the primaries in each precinct. We don’t need the Dems in charge of more precinct primary sites.

[hocndoc]

I think you’re projecting, rather than extrapolating. How’s the current “change” working out on the federal level?

[hocndoc]

And she lost
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/060508dntexgopsuit.214fedd.html

Cost money, time and good will because she didn’t understand Party rules.

She objected to having the committees working on the platform prior to the convention. We do our preliminary work under the guidance of the previous convention’s rules and current sitting Chair that was elected prior to the convention - all according to those same Party rules. Although the platform and rules for that year’s Convention aren’t voted on until after the Chair is elected, Committees work for days, hearing testimony and objections.

But, by the rules, they are working under the prior, not the new, Chair. Someone has to call the meeting to order, for Pete’s sake!

(By the way, virtually every organization that I work with do the same. American Academy of Family Physicians, Texas AFP, Texas Medical Association, etc. The new President doesn’t take office until the second day or so.)

Even if she’d won, we would have had to change the rules.

[cbkaty]

Hoffman is leading in the NY23 special congressional election race. Medina is in dead last in the polls.

.......and there was once upon a time....an unknown from Chicago......that was dead last in the polls.

[Impy]

I agree. Option C is the correct answer but it doesn’t look promising for her.

[cbkaty]

I agree...it doesn't look good for her.....but it's still early.

We seem to be in the McCain/Dole routine of accepting the lesser evil....the party selection....the "Scozzafava"....

Why the base continues this behavior is understandable...but unfortunate.

[MotorCityBuck]

I believe I understand what your saying as far as “change” Re: Obama. I am not sure what you mean by projecting. I am saying change as far as some new blood. Not new ideas. Reagan style conservatism, and common sense, not politics as usual which is Perry, and Hutch.These two are Obama “change” in my opinion.

[deport]

Any one interested in the money being supplied in the Texas Governor race the following will tell you who, when and how much. Youu may have to register, it's free if you have to do so.

Donations-- Texas Governors Race

Example: Here's the listing of those dropping $50,000 plus in the race

[zeugma]

Easy answer, zeugma, it’s because the people will consider only people with name ID.

... and the media will only tell you about the approved party hacks.

[anymouse]

I doubt even Medina would want to be compared to Zero. And this is Texas (not LBJ's Texas), not Chicago. Even if the Paulbots cheated twice as much as the Democrats, they couldn't get a candidate elected statewide. Medina is way out of her league and wouldn't even be in the Gov. race if Dr. Paul didn't have a bunch of leftover Presidential campaign donations to get rid of by funneling through her campaign. It will be interesting to see an audit of her books. ;)

[Brilliant]

Because the criminal invaders now can vote.

[patriot08]

REMEMBER THIS,TEXANS:

Feds Have Built Only 32 Miles of 700 Mile Double-Border Fence Originally Mandated by Congress

“One reason DHS has been able to do this is an amendment that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) slipped into an omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed on December 18, 2007. Hutchison’s amendment put a loophole in the fence law that allowed the secretary of Homeland Security not to build the fence Congress had mandated the year before.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/43422