[Texas Sen.] Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t endorse Rick Perry for president

Houston Chronicle ^ | August 5, 2011 | Texas on the Potomic

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....Is Texas that F*CKED up....

Yeah -- we don't goose step to one idea.

And it's laughable that a 3 term senator, who wanted to parachute back to Texas and land in the governor's chair, slams Perry as not having enough "private sector" experience to suit her.

Third term Gov. Rick Perry's been cutting regulations and lawsuit abuse and going out and bring businesses back to Texas, where employment is high.

Yeah, Texas is all F*CKED up. /s

[isthisnickcool]

Well sounds like Sarah Palin isn’t going to get Hutchison’s endorsement either as it was Palin that pushed Perry over the top in his race against KBH. Or thats the story repeated at times whether true or not.

Palin did not puch Perry over the top. Other than some initial polls KBH never got closer to Perry by 10-15 points. His numbers would have been much higher if not for Medina being in the race.

Bush/Rove just did not have that much juice in Texas after all the years their crew had been gone. If Bush had been in his first term and still had some support structure in Texas when KBH ran against Perry things may have been different. This is besides the fact that many Texans wanted KBH to stay in Washington and did not want to go to square one with a new Senator.

KBH never had a real shot against Perry......

[LibLieSlayer]

Bush and all of his allies are the progressive left of the republican elite. They HATE Conservatives... but they love our money. LLS

[True Grit]

Now if can only keep McLame away from him.

Heaven forbid..........

[TheOldLady]

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[SaraJohnson]

Actually, this is good news.

Kay Baily is a liberal; totally entrenched in DC muck. If Rove hates him too, that is even better! The GOP leadership (Rinos) want Romney. They want him because he is a liberal like them.

[kempster]

Run, Baby, run!

[elli1]

...as it was Palin that pushed Perry over the top in his race against KBH

A popular myth but just not true.

[LS]

That’s a feather in Perry’s cap, and worth considering as a good point.

[abcc2011]

They're BOTH wicked and full of crap. Kay Bailey Hutchinson AND Rick Crater-face Perry. Both RINOs and PHONY "christians".

[lonestar]

KBH, Bushes, Rove...GOP elites...all for Romney.

[who knows what evil?]

Well, it has been over 100 degrees with no rain for a looooooong time.

[jagusafr]

Hell, that raises him several notches in my book!

Colonel, USAFR

[smoothsailing]

“I do hope we will have someone with more business experience in the White House,” she said. Translation: "I like that white guy Mitty."

[jla]

Perry can certainly do without an endorsement from KBH when he has Sarah Palin’s enthusiastic support!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

C-130 Rick Perry: He flew the world before politics

Rank: captain

Hometown: Haskell

Crew job: C-130 aircraft commander

Served in the Air Force: 1972 to 1977

Dyess AFB tour: March 4, 1974, to Feb. 28, 1977

[ken5050]

She also promised to resign from the Senate to run for governor, didn't she?

Even $$ says she'll end up endorsing him..

[353FMG]

KB is a UT grad and Rick is from A&M?

[wolfcreek]

Bitch. It’s only ‘cause she hates Aggies ;>)

[RightWingConspirator]

Someone who chooses to live in a state that keeps electing phony Tom Harkin, who lied about flying missions in Vietnam when the closest he ever got to Vietnam during the war was Japan, has little room to talk about a state being F*CKED up.