Dallas public television station KERA reports that Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison have agreed to debate on Jan. 14 -- statewide, televised, one hour, questions from journalists. Do not touch that dial. Those flames and sparks flying...
The Rick Perry campaign is airing its first radio ad of the campaign - a lively takeoff on the popular game show Jeopardy with questions about runaway federal spending and the answer always the same: Kay Bailey Hutchison. It's the...
You got your first look at the gubernatorial air war here on TrailBlazers. We were the first yesterday afternoon to post Kay Bailey Hutchison's new ad and to report that Rick Perry was following suit with a spot of his...
Kay Bailey Hutchison voted with her fellow Republicans yesterday against the confirmation of a federal judge that conservatives have labeled a liberal activist. But Gov. Rick Perry told me that's not good enough because she missed an earlier vote on...
The Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign has launched a statewide television campaign against Rick Perry with a TV commercial set to begin airing tomorrow across Texas. The ad will play in Dallas-Fort Worth and the state's other major markets. It features...
The chairman of the Republican Governors Association says a fractious primary fight for governor in Texas will make it more difficult for the GOP to win next November. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said "there's a strong likelihood" that red-state Texas...
THE CLAIM: Endorsing Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor in Houston on Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney said: "When Texas was faced with a budget shortfall and some legislators were proposing an income tax, Kay stood with the taxpayers...
Kay Bailey Hutchison is going up first with commercial of the governor's race. Radio spots are to start tomorrow statewide. Can television be far behind? The campaign calls it a "significant buy." And you'll hear it on your local radio...
Kay Bailey Hutchison stayed in Washington yesterday to vote on a military appropriations bill before heading to Texas for a campaign fundraiser. Rick Perry says she should have stayed little longer - long enough to vote against an Obama appointee...
Dick Cheney told a crowd of Kay Bailey Hutchison supporters tonight that Texans know "the difference between a real talker and the real deal." And he said Hutchison "is the real deal." The former vice president traveled to Houston for...
Gov. Rick Perry on Monday defended efforts he once made to have girls vaccinated against the HPV virus that can lead to cervical cancer. "I've always though HPV was an issue of life," Perry said in Dallas. The governor was...
At a stop in Dallas Monday, Rick Perry said that elected officials would have to find a way to "expand our ability to raise some dollars" for roads and other transportation infrastructure. "One of the problems is that we do...
Austin Bureau chief Christy Hoppe checks up on a Rick Perry statement: THE CLAIM: In his campaign stump speech, Gov. Rick Perry states that when Texas faced with a budget shortfall in 2003, he and the Legislature cut spending instead...
Gromer Jeffers Jr. just broke the news that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has flip-flopped on her publicly announced timetable for resigning from the Senate. She won't quit by the end of this month as she said in July. In fact,...
A new Rasmussen poll adds to the good numbers news for Rick Perry. Here's the primary election matchup: Perry 46 Hutchison 35 Medina 4 Not Sure 14 That means Perry has gained ground since the last Rasmussen poll in September...
Staff writer Robert T. Garrett examines a claim from Democrat Tom Schieffer: THE CLAIM: Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Schieffer said Wednesday that Gov. Rick Perry's rejection of federal economic-stimulus money for unemployment benefits soon will increase taxes on Texas...
Is it possible that the TV war in the Texas governor's race is about to get underway? The Kay Bailey Hutchison campaign is inquiring about the availability of broadcast time and the rates for this month and next - generally...
Like all political races, the GOP primary in Texas is a numbers game. Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison are competing for support among a finite pool of Republican primary voters. Only question, how many Republican voters will show up...
Politico has deemed the Texas Republican primary one of the top 10 political races of 2010. Well, yes. The battle between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison pits Texas' top two politicians in a showdown that already is showing signs...
John Fortier, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, has an interesting piece for Politico on the usefulness and pitfalls of primaries. He writes with a focus on the recent New York 23rd Congressional District, but his piece is full of notes...
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