The anticlimax
Why has attendance lagged on the Hutchison announcement tour? For one thing, it’s summer, it’s hot, people aren’t paying attention to politics right now. For another, this campaign couldn’t draw a crowd if you gave them a box of crayons. But I think the biggest reason is that it’s an anticlimax. Her real announcement came last December. That was eight months ago, and after she made her intentions known, she disappeared from the radar screen. I don’t know what happened during those eight months, but I know what didn’t happen: her campaign strategists did not develop a message that can sell in a Republican primary. Single-shot criticisms are no substitute for a message.
Timing isn’t the only reason that this tour is an anticlimax. The other is that the race is hardly a race right now. The Perry campaign is a juggernaut, and the Hutchison campaign can’t get the engine started. The biggest thing she has going for her right now is that people aren’t paying attention.
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 Hutchison, I can’t get there. I don’t think her people are up to it. They have her attacking Perry at every turn. I think this is all wrong. There is only one way for Hutchison to win this race, and that is to enlarge the primary. But when your message is negative, you have the opposite effect: You suppress turnout. That’s Perry’s strategy, to attack her and keep the primary small. She is playing into his hands. And speaking of playing into Perry’s hands, why does she persist in criticizing his refusal to take unemployment insurance stimulus funds? Has the Hutchison campaign read the polls? Something like 7 out of 10 Republican primary voters AGREE with Perry. She’s on the other side, 3 out of 10. That’s a good average for a baseball player, but it stinks for a politician.
Hutchison doesn’t have to attack Perry. He’s been around forever. He is what he is: an ineffectual governor who is more interested in power than in policy. Anybody who pays the slightest attention to Texas politics knows what his negatives are. Her greatest asset is his lack of respect. What she has to do is provide Texans with a reason why she should be governor and with a vision for Texas. This race is quickly shaping up as a repeat of Richards vs. Bush. He had a message, she didn’t. She didn’t have any respect for him and kept waiting for him to prove that he was as dumb as she thought he was. He wasn’t. And neither is Rick Perry.
Tagged: kay bailey hutchison, rick perry
Jim Henson says:
People interested in seeing the Austin version of the KBH rollout speech, as well as a slide show of images for the event (including the Perry counter-campaigning outside the Alumni Center) can go the Texas politics website. Links are in the box in the lower right hand corner. (http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu).
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Buck says:
Right now she is re-running Strayhorn’s 2006 campaign, with a lot of the same themes (although she has not called Perry a “drugstore cowboy”).
It didn’t work.
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Brisoce Democrat says:
Burka, I’ve got Perry winning the primary due to Evangelicals and right-wing segregationist types coming out in massive droves for him.
On the Senate seat question, I see Dewhurst or Abbott as likely appointees once KBH resigns this fall (she plans on quitting the Senate in October or November).
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Buck says:
Bottom line:
For the last 9 years, while Perry has been governor, Hutchison was mostly in Washington and Schieffer was mostly in Canberra and Tokyo.
Neither seems to have any idea what is really going on in Texas.
Perry is the home team. While they’ve been away, he’s gone to every corner of Texas.
He has the home-field advantage, and the score shows it.
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slick Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
He may have gone to every corner of the state, but has he produced results that Texans are proud of — I really don’t think so.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
7.5% unemployment vs 10-20% unemployment. Which is better? $25 billion deficit vs $0 deficit. Which is better? Would you rather be in California right now or Texas?
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texun Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
Perry has as much to do with the Texas economy as he does with the weather. So–let’s blame him for the Perry Drought.
Mazzy's Dog says:
My dark horse appointment pick to the US Senate would be Henry Bonilla.
They couldn’t have completely given up on the Hispanic vote… well, maybe they could. This would get people’s attention and would start the general election attempt to garner Hispanic support.
I think it fails but its better than nothing.
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texun says:
I think that if Richards had taken Bush seriously enough early in the campaign, the results might have been different. Is KBH making the same mistake with Perry? It seems unreasonable, but it’s starting to look like she is.
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asmith says:
No way he picks Bonilla. He’ll probably go with Dewhurst or Abbott. Dark horse would be Dan Patrick.
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Anonymous says:
The truth is, it is Kay who blew it. Perry’s weakest time was the 2006 election. She passed on the opportunity.
Though Perry is stronger now, she still could’ve beat him in the 2010 Primary had she spent the last four years going to every little fish fry in Texas and helping the Texas House GOP candidates far more than just showing up at a fundraiser here and there for show. She didn’t do those either.
The one thing she can still do is immediately convert her campaign from a R Primary one to an Independent one (ie, not file in the R Primary). It will almost certainly result in Perry’s removal from the Gov’s mansion–whether it ends up being Gov Schieffer, Gov Hutchison, Gov Sharp, or Gov White. It will end Perry’s political career, and teach younger pols a valuable lesson.
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Ken Lay's Ghost says:
The political winds are blowing against KBH. Now is not the time to arrive from DC so you can sell yourself as having all the answers.
It’s just how the cards are dealt.
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Anonymous says:
Let her go it like Strayhorn and see who learns a lesson. Then Kay will not only not have a competent staff, but no party infrastructure to get out and work for her.
Anon 10:46, are you sure you aren’t one of her paid political hacks? Well, you could be. I’m just saying….
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Anonymous Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
The point of Kay running as an Independent would not be necessarily for her to win. It would be for her to have a better shot at winning, and a CERTAIN shot at ousting Perry from the Governor’s mansion, even if that means a pro-business Dem for Governor. Perry cannot win a Governor’s race if Kay is on the ballot in November. She ain’t Strayhorn or Kinky and will eat significantly more into the Republican base in a general election.
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Mazzy's Dog says:
Patrick is choice if he fears losing the wing-nut fringe of the party (i.e. Republican primary voters). If Perry keeps chugging along and Kay Bay keeps floundering, then there is no need for the Patrick appointment.
A Patrick appointment would guaranty that we get on the Daily Show though…
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Anonymous Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
And Dewhurst, Williams, Williams, Sharp, or White would beat Patrick in the Special, so Patrick would be out of office. Sounds like a dream come true!
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Anonymous says:
Kay’s real problem is that underneath all the window dressing, her “answers” on the issues that matter most (especially to GOP voters) are no different from Perry’s — there’s no real way to distinguish herself. Meantime, she keeps making really dumb political moves that play into Perry’s caricature of her as a temperamental, out-of-touch, Washington politician. He might be right about that?! The best political strategies often contain a grain of truth. And she’s almost as vulnerable on his greatest weakness — selling political favors to big money interests in exchange for political contributions — their big money donor base is the same!
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Anonymous says:
Having seen her in Lubbock yesterday, I can attest to the fact that she isn’t appearing on the scene as though she has all the answers. In fact, I’m not sure she has much of a message other than “I’m not Perry.”
And I’d vote for a cardboard box over Perry.
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Clint says:
I’m voting for Debra Medina. She’s a real conservative who doesn’t have a history of bailouts or big government policies. Plus, she’s not a career politician.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Who?
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Anonymous says:
I understand voting for someone else as a protest vote, but serving as Texas Governor is not like being president of Glee Club. What qualifications does Medina have for flying the plane that is one of the largest economies in the world? This is about much more than mere idealogy. State Rep. Debbie Riddle is a real conservative too, but you don’t want her running anything, let alone the office of Texas Governor.
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Rollie the JBC operator says:
3 out of 10 really isn’t that good for a batter. Perhaps if you are just talking about batting avergage. However, if a batter only reaches base 3 times for every 10 at-bats his .300 on-base percentage is horrid and he’ll be benched. A good OBP is more like in the .360 to .370 range and the best hitters are closer to .400 and over. I’d say KBH has an OBP of around .300 at this point. She’s also had a lot of Ks and has failed to even put any runners in scoring position.
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eam says:
Oh, let’s please start a debate on what a “real” conservative is! Please! (And waste more of everyone’s time). Getting elected to hate government and let everything go down the drain isn’t leadership. It’s called failure.
What Texas needs is a real governor — from either party. Right now, we don’t have a candidate.
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Tim says:
I think the answer is to be a moderate Republican and try to get Democrats to vote for her (which shouldn’t be hard with our non-existent candidate and the popularity of Perry with Democrats). Also she should campaign.
I think the last thing she should try to do is try to win-over the crazies that Perry has locked.
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Cow Droppings Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
sanchez ran hoping to expand the general election to traditional non-voters. Fail.
Carole tried to bring together a coalition of R’s and independents. Fail.
If KBH tries to motivate a bunch of D’s and traditionally non-primary voters to vote in the R primary this too will fail. Dream on.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Cow Droppings, I was at Sanchez’s Houston headquarters on November 2, 2002 and it was so disorganized it wasn’t even funny.
The crowd outside the headquarters was too small while he was firing up his supporters.
Sanchez lost to Perry due to several factors:
1. 2002 was a GOP year.
2. Tesoro Savings and Loan scandal, plus the allegations of Sanchez’s Laredo bank being involved with Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega didn’t help either.
3. Spending over $72 million against an uppity incumbent and LOSE badly is embarrassing.
4. The TX Democrats made the big mistake in hyping up their statewide ticket as the Dream Team (Kirk-US Senate, Sanchez-Governor, and Sharp-LG).
5. Sanchez could have attacked Perry’s record in the 2001 legislative session, but like KBH, he was SILENT.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Define what a “moderate” is. One that sticks their finger up and determines which way the wind blows? One that doesn’t stand for anything and falls for everything? Why would a dimorat vote for a Republican anything? “Real” democrats at least stand for something. Guaranteed annual income, free healthcare, amnesty for illegals. Now, if Kay Baby supports these items, she isn’t a “moderate”. And I’m still waiting for my paycheck from the Perry campaign. But I would welcome it, as the Obammy economy as bringing me down.
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slick says:
Paul, I was involved in the 1994 matchup you cite, but I don’t think the analogy is valid. Richards lacked a message because she ran exceptionally well as an outsider, but in 1994 she was the insider, and had to defend her 4 years. She also had to run into a huge headwind, a Republican storm that gathered from Clinton’s horrible first two years in office. As you recall, this was the year of the largest Republican sweep in modern history, not confined to Texas but nationally. The issues she could ride were counter to what the electorate was tuned to at the time. You’re right that there was a widespread impression that if GWB just had enough time, he’d screw it up (I think he proved us right, but it just took 12 years or so), but considering his ability to stay focused on the 4×8 card they gave him, and the top-down Republican sweep in the works, it was really his race to lose.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Slick, however Democrats like Bob Bullock, Dan Morales, John Sharp, Garry Mauro, and Martha Whitehead (whose gig as Treasurer was later abolished in ’96) managed to survive the GOP landslide.
I agree with you on Richards, she got COCKY and arrogant (like KBH is doing right now) and plus, her nasty attitude towards Bush Jr., didn’t help either when she called him a jerk and he responded like a gentleman by calling her, “Governor Richards.”
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Dallasite says:
I am worried that Kay’s campaign is like a rollout of new and improved Tide, a major product sold in mass advertising.
Instead it should be like Mary Kay Cosmetics, grassroots, with lots of passionate field workers. I saw no teacher groups, cyclist groups nor public school parent groups at her Dallas announcement, no passionate volunteers wearing Kay shirts. Why not have a family event for the roll out, nearer solid GOP Collin County?
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Anonymous Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:08 am
BECAUSE SHE AND HER TEAM ARE CLUELESS. CLUELESS.
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John Johnson says:
Paul:
I believe it was here where I read poll data that stated that the vast majority of Texans now call themselves independents. If this is true, why do you and the state media put so much store in what antiques at Democratic lunch gatherings have to say about Mr. Schieffer? What would you expect them to say? He is certainly not one of them, and, if he keeps on pandering to them, he won’t be governor.
There are plenty of things Schieffer can run on. Reform is certainly one of them. We have a group of pols who have turned into white collar crooks and prostitutes. He can show them the error of their ways.
If Schieffer would vow to get laws passed that would turn our Utilities’ Utility Commission back into the PUC; make it illegal for elected people to accept jobs as lobbyists for an extended period of time; and get campaign finance, PAC and 527 laws implemented that would limit what they can do with their money, I believe it would get many of the independent’s attention.
Right now, Mr. Schieffer doesn’t owe anyone anything. Give me the name of one other incumbent who this can be said about. This alone makes him attactive to me.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
YEAH! Campaign finance reform REALLY gets my motor running! Why I’ll bet that we could devise a formula based on the phases of the moon divided by the ERCOT average daily electricity usage times the average fine that TCEQ levies between 4-6 pm on alternate Tuesdays on months with an R in them. And of course it would be avaliable instantly on the internet to the 12-14 people that actually care about this. Maybe Coldplay could write a song about this and distribute it to highschool kids. That would really rock.
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Anonymous Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
ur one of those, huh? what is it that you do care about? business as usual? Austin is a pigpen. It needs cleaning up.
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John Johnson Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I wasn’t addressing you, macho man. You’re not an independent. You’re a no compromise, ears-slam-shut-when-someone-else”-mouth-comes-open, Rwinger.
Your numbers grow smaller and smaller, yet you don’t seem to notice. You still think you are on the right track. So did the dinosaurs.
I would ask you what “gets your motor running”, but I don’t give a crap. It makes not one bit of difference now … and it won’t in the next election.
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Anonymous says:
John, Schieffer comes off as out-of-touch with Texas as Hutchison. I’d personally prefer either over Perry, and Schieffer over Hutchison, but none of them gets my motor running. If Schieffer’s gonna win, it’s gonna have to be RINOs like you who elect him (even if you call yourself an “independent”).
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Anonymous Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 10:05 am
Or is that IINOs (a/k/a turncoat Republicans who are only out for themselves and don’t have enough money to buy the influence they’d like to have with the R’s who are in power already.)
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John Johnson Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
The word “turncoat” is pretty strong since no one is really married or required to pledge an oath of fealty to a political party.
It is actually supposed to work just the opposite. The party and elected bodies are supposed to pledge that they will work toward fulfilling the memberships’ wishes.
Many of the people I voted for went south on me and started pledging their votes to those who poked, prodded and paid them the most money, so I moved on.
I’m a Born Again Citizen, Anny, and I feel invigorated and refreshed. No more blind trunk to tail stuff for me. I’ve pledged to pay attention and pat people on the back when I think they deserve it, and lambast them when I think they are stinky.
I encourage more to start thinking for themselves.
How about you? You’re a viable candidate.
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John Johnson Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I agree with you that Schieffer has to get something going and it needs to be an agenda that shows he’s in touch and in tune with Texas and Texans. I’m sure that they have a gameplan, and just imagine they have chosen not to play too many cards early on and let Perry and KBH bloody and bruise each other.
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Anonymous Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:45 am
I hope you’re right. But everyone thought that was true for KBH, and look what rolled out in the first week of the campaign…a big, fat nada.
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Nachtwarheight says:
Couple of Points:
KBH has run a very poor campaign.
Perry has a mixed record as Gov.
The primary will tell all.
What I don’t understand is the blind loyalty to Perry after all the poor decisions and blatantly anti conservative things he has done. Mismanagement of State Agencies (TYC, MHMR, Dept Health, TxDOT, etc.), Horrible major initiatives that are blatantly anti individual responsibility like the HPV vacine mandate and the TransTexas Corridor. (BTW, both designed to direct hugh sums of my tax dollars to Perry buddies)…. Those didn’t get off the ground, unlike the one area where he was allowed to give his buddies tax dollars (the Accenture privatization of the Dept of Health) that failed miserably, cost the state hundreds of millions and now we are back with state employees doing the work. Privatization works..just not the way Perry practices it by giving the job to a financial supporter who cant hack it.)
Face it, the guy is a “Conservative” as long as its suits his own professional and financial goals. Like most politicians, the only deeply held conviction Rick Perry truly holds is “how can I stay in Power.”
KBH may not be great, but it sure beats another 4 years of Perry’s self dealing.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:28 am
Perry will WIN the primary by 10 points, 55-45 once the Evangelicals come out in massive, massive droves for him, plus he will run a vicious, bloodletting campaign against KBH as both sides waste all of their resources on each other while the Dems unite behind Schieffer-who is the likely nominee at this point.
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TxStar says:
Bill White or John Sharp is the next Governor of this state…it will depend on who is savvy enough to make the move to that spot – Dewhurst will beat the other guy in the Senate race…I am telling you guys – its a done deal.
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broken record says:
“Christian Right will come out in massive droves for Perry”
i’ve seen the same comment from the same poster about 50 times. not complaining, just pointing that out…
you have the right to attempt to marginalize my faith, but please come up with better talking points
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Anonymous Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
You’re right, broken record. When I see “Briscoe Democrat” (or “Moderate Texas Democrat,” among other erroneously “Democrat” monikers), I skip on to the next comment. He’s no Democrat…and widely alleged on this blog to be an escaped mental patient…which is why he’s for Perry himself!
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Dave the Rave says:
Most states would not reelect a governor who committed treason against the USA. Perry’s musings with secession was the most disgusting display of “Country Last” politics that I have ever seen. How do you right-wingers who wrap yourselves in the flag when it suits you reconcile with such traitorous behavior?
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Anonymous says:
Primary voters who are decided for Perry are NOT passionate about Perry. They’re passionately against Kay (abortion, spending, Aggies).
Primary voters who are decided for Kay are NOT passionate about Kay. They’re passionately against Perry (term limits, TTC, other side of abortion, other side of spending, Longhorns).
Neither of these career politicians have passionate followings. A third person with low negatives entering the race would disrupt the poliling numbers dramatically.
If it stays a two-person race, it drains both of their accounts and damages the victor going into the general. Schieffer, White, or Sharp would make November an interesting election if it’s against Perry.
If Kay wins the Primary, Kay wins the general. This is what’s kept Sharp and White out of the Primary for Gov. But I bet they’re rethinking that now, with her tanking like she is.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Anon, if Kay wins, she’s a ONE TERMER, the last time we had female governors like Richards and Ma Ferguson: both lasted FOUR YEARS.
Plus, the good old boys will give her a hard time and reject most of her initiatives.
If Perry wins, he joins Shivers, Daniel, and Connally as the 4th governor to serve 3 terms, plus it’s likely he won’t go for a 4th term in 2014 (unlike Daniel who fell short at that goal).
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Anon says:
Perry has to appoint Dewhurst. If he doesn’t, Dewhurst runs for Governor, makes the runoff against Kay (Perry finishes third), and beats Kay in the runoff. Voila…Governor Dewhurst. This is why Perry must appoint him to Senate.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Anon, Dewhurst is NOT running for governor period.
His likely options are:
1. Running for re-election to a 3rd term as Lieutenant Governor.
2. Going for KBH’s Senate seat.
Dewhurst was on Houston’s PBS Red, White and Blue show last week and said that he’s currently seeking re-election.
If I were him, I’d take the SAFE way out and stay as LG and plot my gubernatorial campaign for 2014 regardless who wins in 2010.
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Brisoce Democrat says:
Anon,
The governor could appoint Abbott to the Senate seat.
The GOP primary for governor is a TWO-PERSON race with both sides tearing each other’s limbs apart and wasting all of their resources while the TX Democrats get their nominee (likely Schieffer) and sit back and eat popcorn as Perry and KBH bloody each other to death.
Look what happened between Briscoe vs. Hill in 1978, I’m sure the Briscoe supporters bolted to Clements in revenge to prevent Hill from getting the governor’s mansion.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I imagine Kay Baby will dorp out after months of being behind Perry by double digits. Then everything will be peace and light while the dims fumble around in the dark trying to pin a candidate tail on anybody but Schieffer. And with Obamma driving the d’s into the ground faster than Herbert Hoover, we’ll get that 21 vote majority in the Senate and won’t need the d’s at all.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Burnt Orange Report says that anti-DC sentiment is favoring Perry who will tag KBH as part of the problem.
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Brisoce Democrat Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Perry will use every dirty trick in the book, plus his anti-DC sentiment message and code words like George Wallace segregation rhetoric is the MAIN reason why his poll numbers are rising.
then-California Governor Pete Wilson (R) used violent racist rhetoric on affirmative action and immigration to get re-elected in 1994, so Perry is doing the same thing here.
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paulburka Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am
The travel required between Washington and Texas is not compatible with Abbott’s physical condition. He has told this to others. I can’t see him running for the Senate.
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TxStar says:
Briscoe Democrat – Dewhurst to run for re-election? What turnip truck did you fall of off? Just to let you know, never in TX politics have things been so stale and so lame. We are about to see all the cards shuffled and Dewhurst makes that shuffle happen and he knows it. This is politics baby – and politics is about mixing it up – not 20 years of the same guy. The avg life span of a human is 70-80 years – 1/4 of it doesnt need to be under one governor…things are about to rip wide open.
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Alan says:
Kay has no choice but to persuade as many Independents and Dems to vote in the GOP primary as possible. She might want to take a few pages out of former Senator John Warner (R-Va.)’s playbook – he’s a good example of a moderate Republican who always beat back the right wingers who ran against him.
Recall that her husband tried running for Governor as a moderate Republican back in the ’70s and the end result was Bill Clements.
As far as tax and spending issues go, Perry has done a pretty good job and Texas has fared better than the rest of the country as a result. Kay can’t attack him on this so she needs to emphasize that Perry doesn’t have any real long-term vision for Texas as far as adjusting our infrastructure and services to handle a population that is increasingly foreign-born, uneducated and poor.
This is going to get nasty before its over so she needs to put her game face on and present herself as an Iron Lady who’s ready for anything that gets thrown at her. Thus far, she’s been playing into the ineffectual yuppie stereotype the Rick Perry Republicans paint her as (flaky justification for running, spending July 4th in Highland Park with the rich folks while Perry was at a tea party with “real” Texans, the most underwhelming campaign kick-off ever).
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texun says:
Both Perry and KBH remind me of the urgent need to limit terms! It’s too bad that Republicans tossed this issue under the bus.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Well, I’m sure that if the dimocraps ever regain power, the first thing they will do is to pass a law to limit their own power. And then pass campaign finance reform to keep themselves from getting money to run the campaign that will keep them in power.
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texun Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Try reading the post: I’m for term limitations, regardless of the party affiliation of the office-holder.
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Fiftycal Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Right. And you somehow believe that dimocraps are going to cut their own throat by limiting their power? Is that another Obammy promise that he lied about or for what reason do you think d’s would do that?
eam says:
Would Texas Democratic leaders cut a deal with KBH (or the converse) not to strongly oppose her — in hopes that enough Ds cross over to oust Perry? Why should or shouldn’t they?
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Anonymous Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Why not? Because KBH is no better than Perry — the reason she can’t distinguish herself is that her “policies” are exactly the same. It’s only Perry’s rhetoric that sounds more offensive, and that’s only for the benefit of the right wing voters. Once the election is over, it’ll be back to the old “I’ll line your pockets, if you’ll line mine,” which is what the game always is if you take the time to look below the superficial efforts to convince the auto-Rs to vote for him again.
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Anonymous says:
I hate this “I am for term limits” nonsense. We have term limits – they are called elections and they happen every two years. You don’t like the incumbent work your but off to defeat him. People who are for term limits have pea size brains.
I will admit incumbent legislators have made it very difficult to beat them under the guise of campaign reform but that does not mean we should have limits.
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Briscoe Democrat Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Anon, California has term limits, and Jerry Brown is likely to win a 3rd term next year and maybe a 4th term in 2014.
On the term limits question, the good old boys are NEVER going to let it happen ever in TX.
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Ronnie Earle Fan Club says:
Ronnie Earle should re-indict KBH and her staff over this announcement tour for political malpractice. I am sure Kay and Ray are wondering what they got themselves into on this one — it is not 1978 anymore and neither of you are getting the coronation you expected then or now!
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Briscoe Democrat says:
Burka, the GOP’s dominance in Texas is going to end SOONER OR LATER brother, demographics are changing in the state, with Latinos coming down here in a faster pace and more minorities and other folks leaving CA, NY State, IL, FL, etc., and coming to the Lone Star State, a Democratic resurgence with an aggressive spark in 2014 is looking more likely.
Plus, Obama is heading towards a 44 or 48 state landslide in 2012.
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