With Tom Schieffer getting out of the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial race, speculation has intensified about Bill White getting into the Democratic primary. If that happens, and Houston's popular mayor captures his party's nomination, Kay Hutchison will have upended this contest...
Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, the question is: Should Kay Bailey Hutchison resign from the Senate? Here are their responses:...
What is Rick Perry doing? That's the question of the day in Texas politics. He's been leading Kay Hutchison in most polls since summer, but he keeps using strongman tactics to get his way in state government. And that has...
It's fascinating to watch the endorsements of Rick Perry or Kay Hutchison roll in. It's like a bidding war out there and each side wastes no time in highlighting their latest backers. Today, she got the Texas Farm Bureau's support...
The new Rasmussen poll is out and it has Kay Hutchison leading Rick Perry in the GOP gubernatorial primary 40-38 percent, with Debra Medina polling three percent. Whether these Rasmussen numbers are right or not, I don't know. I'm not...
Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, the question is: What does Kinky Friedman's gubernatorial candidacy say about the Democrats' field of candidates and the state of the party...
Kay Hutchison was pretty darn clear in answering a question today at the Dallas Friday Group about what she thinks about the GOP's direction. After her luncheon address, which was entirely about federal issues, a gentleman rose to state his...
Paul Burka has written a sensible thing about the Perry-Hutchison race. Excerpt: It's premature, at this stage, to call the race for Perry, and I'm not going to do it. But when I try to envision a winning strategy for...
Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, the topic is the gubernatorial race. Only days after Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her intentions to run for governor, the race for...
These paragraphs from Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement speech today are the political take-away from her official entry into the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary:...
The most revealing political decision of the summer was State Sen. Kirk Watson's announcement that he will not seek the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Some party members had been all but begging Watson to enter the race. Hard-core Democrats are...
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