until the 9/11 stuff came out. Now I’ll vote for Perry. KBH is running a horrible campaign and is actually helping White with her stupid ads.

Dream scenario is Perry getting over 50% and KBH resigning with Williams taking her place.

and I think it is because, just as you stated, she truly believes that it is her turn. But I wonder if she really understands the damage that her sense of gubernatorial entitlement can cause. Surely she must.

Get out of the way and let a good man in.

I agree with everything you said hogan. I’ve already voted. I’m just hoping and praying the true conservatives will do what’s needed. Medina seemed interesting at first, but even without the 9/11 nonsense, she just didn’t seem to have enough experience, etc. for the job. It really angers me that KBH has truly done extensive damage already by making the Democrats job alot easier. And it will be interesting to see if she really does step down from the Senate; and if she does, go Williams!

If KBH steps down as she promised, is it a safe bet that Perry will do so? And then when would Williams be up for reelection? I want Williams in that seat!

I don’t think KBH will bow out if there is a run off. Medina had a shot till the whole 9/11 statement, but really I believe she was only in it, to make the Republicans here stay true to conservatism. Perry and KBH, IMO, are both RINO’s. Perry not as much as Kay. Personally I can’t stand Perry, and I will give you pretty good odds that if KBH does resign, he will NOT appoint Michael Williams. Dewhurst will be his choice. Typical cronyism from Perry.
Recently several of my buddies and I were having a lunch and we concluded that White will probably pull some votes from the KBH side of Rep. primary voters, and the battle between White and Perry is gonna get very ugly with a lot of mud slung in both directions. Lord knows Perry has enough skeletons in his closet as does White.

I”m so very, very tired of hearing the KBH radio ads that I couldn’t possibly relate it in writing. The negative ads against Perry are simply sorry, and her positive ad about fiscal responsibility is ludicrous – the best she can do, in a Senate career starting in 93, is to talk about voting in the past 13 months! Mark Davis just reported two polls, one had Perry at 40%, Kay at 30 something and Medina under 16%. The Rasmussen poll Mark reported as Perry at 48%, Kay under 30% and Medina at 16%. Mark believes the Medina voters will not vote for Kay under any circumstance, but won’t vote for anyone but Medina unless Medina isn’t in the race.

Perry isn’t perfect. I’ve convinced Mark Davis, on a rational basis and without any reference to former aides roles, Perry shouldn’t have used an Executive Order for the HPV immunization program (which is no longer operative). And the Trans Texas Corridor was a gross mistake, though I have no idea who convinced him to back it. Regarding toll roads, I personally prefer major roads be paid for by tolls. If I want to use the road, I pay for it and my neighbors. who don’t use the road, don’t pay for it. I have no problem with toll road contracts going to the lowest qualified bidder. If the people want to have a company pay the entire expense of building the road, build the road, and be responsible for maintaining the road, then I have no problem with that company retaining the tolls from the road. A caller to Mark Davis’ show Monday stated that he’d rather have the taxpayer’s lay out the money once so their descendants won’t have to pay. I understand the wish, but it is wishful thinking that, once the initial cost of the road is paid for, there will be no further expense to the taxpayers.

I’d like to see Kay pull out of the race. I don’t think either Kay, or Medina, will do so. If they have the ego to run, they have too much ego to pull out.

until the election is safely over. Then she can resign if she wishes so that the gov. can appoint a replacement instead of an election.

I disagree however with your person to replace her. If someone runs in a special election, or gets appointed it should te Texas state senator Dan Patrick! A true christian conservative with a love for Texas and the constitution at the fore of his decision making.

I can’t think of a dumber play than the one she’s made…and she’s compounded her stupidity with every move.

She never had a chance at the Governors Mansion especially after she had signaled she would run for governor two times before and chickened out after getting the hole party shuffling around to fill the vacancies he leaving the Senate would cause.

Then she doubles down with her stupidity by declaring she would resign her Senate seat…

The only thing she could possibly do that would be dumber than that is to declare she wouldn’t resign till after the primary…ohh…wait…SHE DID!

Now she’s out on the limb…having sawed half way through it herself and no way to get back while having any credibility left. There are no good options for her…she’ll lose the run off if she stays to run against Perry….she’ll prove herself to be an opportunistic, Cynical political hack if she decides to stay in the Senate after promising to resign…

I can’t believe the utter lack of tactical or strategic thinking on her part in all this…she didn’t leave herself a way to retreat with dignity after taking on a lost cause.

Who knows what she was thinking…but this has destroyed her….she’s a joke now…KBH will forever more be a punchline!

I’m still betting she won’t resign…and she’ll run for reelection in 2012,,,

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson