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 next March? …
Read Original Story: Kay v Rick: A numbers game – Dallas Morning News
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday the current administration not only threatens to change the core values of America, but also is working to penalize the Lone Star State. “I think this administration is interested in punishing Texas,” …
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Texas governor Rick Perry declared that the Obama administration was "hell-bent" on socialism during a speech to the Republican Women’s Club in Midland, Texas yesterday, according to Texas local newspapers. He also called for more tea party protests …
Read Original Story: Rick Perry: Obama Administration "Hell-Bent" on Socialism – CBS News
(ChattahBox)—Texas Gov. Rick Perry is facing a tough challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) for the GOP gubernatorial nomination for 2010, and his campaign strategy seems to involve lots of pandering to the extreme right-wing tea party activists …
Read Original Story: Gov. Rick Perry Spews Some Crazy Talk for Teapartiers – ChattahBox
A new Rasmussen Reports poll says Gov. Rick Perry is ahead of US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, 46 percent to 35 percent, among voters who plan to take part in the March Republican primary. …
Read Original Story: New poll: Perry leads Hutchison by 11 points – Austin American-Statesman
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas veterans must wait "extraordinary amounts of time" to get the federal benefits they earned, which costs them and the state economy $37 million a month, Republican Governor Rick Perry said on Thursday. …
Read Original Story: Texas veterans face extraordinary claim delays – Reuters
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 a precursor before a …
Read Original Story: Is Hutchison preparing to go up on TV? – Dallas Morning News
Gov. Rick Perry has opened up a new front in his yearlong political war against the federal government, accusing the Obama administration this week of dumping thousands of illegal immigrants on a small, unsuspecting Texas border town. …
Read Original Story: Perry: Obama punishes Texas with border program – News-Journal.com
WASHINGTON – Three-term Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has thrown her support behind a constitutional amendment that would cap Senate service at two terms. The stance echoes her argument that Texas governors …
Read Original Story: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison backs term limits for Senate – Dallas Morning News
A new Rasmussen poll of Texas has Gov. Rick Perry ahead in his Republican primary in 2010, in which he is being challenged by US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. The numbers: Perry 46%, Hutchison 35%, with a ±3.5% margin of error. …
Read Original Story: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) – TPMDC (blog)
