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Oldefarte| 12.14.09 @ 11:41AM

I'm in favor of both her endorsing Perry and Rubio. IMO, Hutchinson has not been a strong, consistent voice of conservatism; and her service in congress has been represented by mildness and meekness [I don't ever recall her voicing a strong/forceful argument on any major, national issue]. I really do not understand why she is running against Perry [unless over a personal vendetta,etc]; because, as you say, it is useless and will not doubt divide Texas Republicans. To me Perry is the more conservative of the two. In Florida, Rubio should be the clear favorite of conservatives, as Christ has seemingly waffled on several issues all for political purposes.

Dan McArdle| 12.14.09 @ 12:55PM

Dude, McCain, what rock have you been living under? The fact that you thought this was a "rumor" and not a done deal 10 months ago speaks volumes about your knowledge of the situation. Perry may have a couple of minor faults, but he is one of the most conservative and most successful governors in America right now. The proof is in the pudding. Tort reform. Most pro-life governor in Texas history. 9 billion dollar surplus. Saying no to "free" federal money with strings attached. Standing up to Obama.

Hutchison's numerous flaws and weaknesses contrasted with Perry make him look like Ronald Reagan+Winston Churchill+John Wayne on steroids.

Palin should also endorse Rubio. We need him as a rising star. Crist is a RINO on par with KBH.

Billy Mills| 12.14.09 @ 1:29PM

I hope Sarah Palin Endorses Rick Perry.
Hutchinson is lying in her campaign, She did NOT Create Amber Alert, I've done research and it started as Ohio Alert, then the Fort Worth and Dallas Law Enforcement Agencies got together and Formed the Amber Alert here in Texas. Hutchinson's name is Not anywhere in the Archives. She had Nothing to do with the Boreder Patrol, in fact, she voted against it. She is Nothing but another4 Washington LIAR. She Didn'yt fight Obama on anything, she has never had a Bill made up or passed in the Senate.

John| 1.7.10 @ 2:27PM

I agree. Hutchison needs to resign if she really wants this job. Her failure to do so undermines her position that she is "all in" for this campaign. Perry may have made some dumb moves, but he's going to win this again and Hutchison needs to get on board.

Oldefart| 12.14.09 @ 11:43AM

Excuse the type----meant Crist, not Christ!

rabbidrightwinger| 12.14.09 @ 12:04PM

DITTO!!!!! Well said!

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.14.09 @ 12:00PM

Mr. McCain,
Let not your heart be troubled about we ignorant Texans down here.
We aren't fueding. We are nominating. Sarah can endorse whoever the hell she wants to.

We here are very fortunate to have two fine candidates for Governor...both Republicans.

Before you get your eastern panties in a wad, go watch Governor Perry growing a pair vis a vis the teaparties in Austin. (youtube on the Capitol steps), etc.
On balance I'm giving the nod to Perry. Kay is a lovely lady...but in the years I see coming, we need a man like Sarah Palin in our Texas bully pulpit.

(grin)

Occam's Tool| 12.14.09 @ 2:35PM

How do you stay so totally awesome, Old Texican!? Man, you rock!

Margie| 12.14.09 @ 3:23PM

Ditto on that comment, Occam's, and ditto on Ken's comment!
Sarah knows what she's doing, and it's gonna be the right thing.

SandyC| 12.14.09 @ 12:06PM

I like the fact that Palin is standing with the conservatives in any races. She said she would do that, and, she is good for her word. From everything I've read, Perry is the better choice, and more conservative than Hutchison. Hutchison's campaign for governor doesn't make any sense, and, it makes even less sense for her to not give up her senate seat to campaign full time if she is really serious. I smell bad blood with Hutchison. Palin's voice is certainly bigger and more influential that Armey's.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.14.09 @ 12:06PM

Mr. McCain
here is my favorite youtube on Governor Perry's speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbWz1RYGE3Q

Rob P.| 12.14.09 @ 12:09PM

KBH is a huge RINO like Scozzafava who recently earned "Porker of the Month" from Citizens Against Government Waste and was named a "Republican Big Spender" by the Club for Growth. Hutchison is pro-choice. She voted FOR global warming legislation earlier this year. She skipped two ACORN votes. She skipped the partial birth abortion ban vote in 2003. She voted for Hilda Solis and Obama's National Service plan. Perry on the other hand is a real conservative who has cut budgets twice and kept Texas on the right track with a 9 billion dollar rainy day fund surplus.

Putting Out Fires| 12.14.09 @ 12:14PM

Here is the #1 reason I am not voting for KBH. She is a hypocrite and a huge spending RINO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dgZP8sXwZ0

Criticized her DEM opponent in 1993 for voting for 94% of all spending, but she has herself voted for 95% of all spending in her Washington career.

Palin knows a conservative and knows a RINO when she sees them.

RINO hunter| 12.14.09 @ 12:14PM

KBH is the definition of a RINO! Watch this video:
http://www.washingtonkay.com/blog/kaybaileykerry

tx watcher| 12.14.09 @ 12:21PM

What cave do you live in Mr. McCain? Not a single conservative who is not a lobbyist or a creature of DC has endorsed Kay Hutchison. Not one. The right of center leaders have flocked to Perry and so have the voters. KBH lost a 33 point lead and now suffers at least a 12 point deficit, why? Voters found out about her record! Mr. McCain back to sleep with you! DC needs to unstick its head from its ass. Even so called DC conservatives who think KBH is the bees knees have got to get a grasp on what the nation is thinking and striving for and more DC two steps is not the answer.

gail| 12.14.09 @ 12:39PM

I'm sorry that palin endorsed perry so long ago. since then a true conservative has declared in the republican primary.
www.medinafortexas.com

Jennifer| 12.14.09 @ 1:54PM

I totally agree with Gail. Debra Medina is even more conservative than Rick Perry. Rick Perry is putting pressure on KERA public television to exclude Debra from their January debate. It sounds like he is afraid of her to me.

Medina is lying| 12.14.09 @ 3:10PM

Not true. Medina was called out for lying about this. Neither Perry nor Hutchison excluded Medina from any debate.

http://rickvskay.blogspot.com/.....oiler.html

DFW Sports Agent| 12.14.09 @ 12:40PM

Dick Armey is a big lobbyist and an opportunist who had nothing to do with the real tea parties. He only endorsed KBH because he is tight with KBH's husband Ray from his lobbying days. It's all a big good ole boys network thing-- they drank scotch together back in the 70s, etc. If we place our hopes in Dick Armey's hands, we are on the wrong path entirely. He endorsed KBH even though she voted for the bailout, is the biggest porker in Texas history, and is not exciting to the base or even demonstrably conservative.

cooperscopy| 12.14.09 @ 12:52PM

It could be trouble for Palin, but as i understand the Texas situation, Perry is the more conservative and less inside Washington candidate... She should however think twice before campaigning for Perry..Read: No recession in Washington D.C...and some Palin posts...at...

http://cooperscopy.blogspot.com/

Dell| 12.14.09 @ 12:54PM

Does anyone honestly think that SP would support a pro abortion candidate??? I'd hold my nose and vote for Perry before I'd think twice about KBH.

Dang!

mrp| 12.14.09 @ 12:57PM

Texas is Texas, but Florida is something else. Rubio doesn't seem to me to be a straight-shooting conservative. He was for cap-and-trade before he was against it and he treated Palin disdainfully just a few months ago. A big ego, a lot of hubris. I don't care much for Crist, either, but I'd suggest that Sarah Palin give Rubio's character a careful study before she makes a jump in the Sunshine State.

Some background on Rubio's cap and trade positions:

http://www.miamiherald.com/new.....76504.html

Bob in FL| 12.14.09 @ 5:02PM

Is that you, Charlie? No sockpuppets allowed, you know.

Ken (Old Texican)| 12.14.09 @ 1:02PM

Cooperscopy,
I followed your link. Good sense there!

One thing about Sarah; the lefties have already given it their best shot...and she is still standing...tall....and honest.

I'm not a Sarah groupie...but I darned sure admire the dickens out of that young mother.

I pulled publisher's rank at amazon and got her book early. WHOAH!
A fun read by a nice lady... with big brass ones.
Todd and Sarah...God's speed!

Red Phillips| 12.14.09 @ 1:34PM

Palin should endorse Debra Medina or Larry Kilgore. Both are much more conservative than either Perry or KBH.

StanGreen| 12.14.09 @ 1:44PM

I dunno. Medina worries me because she supported Ron Paul. I like a lot about Ron, but he's not a conservative. Ron Paul's position on gay marriage (as stated in a GOP presidential debate) is that the government should get out of the marriage business and let anyone marry whomever they like. That's crazy. That would mean polygamy, polyamory (group marriage), gay marriage, and who knows what else. I don't know if Medina agrees, but the fact that she supported a man who holds such a destructive position is troubling. I'll take Perry even with the warts.

Red Phillips| 12.14.09 @ 3:10PM

Ron Paul philosophically is a paleolibertarian, but his positions across the board are markedly more conservative in effect than are any other national conservative/Republican on the scene. For example, compare Paul’s paleolibertarian advocacy of hard money and opposition to central banking to “conservative” advocacy of “tight fiscal policy.” Compare Paul’s pure Constitutionalism to the pick and chose rhetoric of most “conservatives” for “smaller” or “limited” government. (Limited by what?) Which positions are really the more conservative is clear.

That said, you misstate his position on marriage. He opposes a constitutional amendment to define marriage because if you concede to the Feds the ability to define marriage favorably from our standpoint then you concede to them the ability to later define it unfavorably. Marriage is a religious more so than a civil matter. Many prominent conservatives such as Howard Phillips and Michael Peroutka (both past Constitution Party nominees so nobody’s liberals) agree with Paul. Paul is on the record as supporting legislation that would strip the SCOTUS of the jurisdiction to rule on marriage so we would have no future Court mandating from on high that States must recognize gay marriage. As a paleolibertarian, Paul supports States’ Rights to outlaw gay, polygamous, or any other sort of marriage.

RiverKing| 12.15.09 @ 2:37AM

"(Limited by what?) " Uhhh, I believe that would be limited by the U.S.Constitution.

Red Phillips| 12.15.09 @ 8:31AM

That is the point RiverKing. Paul's pure Constitutionalism is the real thing. Babble from "conservative" Republicans about limited government is just lip beating. Paul is the ONLY elected national Republican who really does want to limit the Fed Gov to its constitutionally authorized size. No one else even comes close.

StanGreen| 12.14.09 @ 1:39PM

It's not going to look unnatural or cause a huge rift that Palin would endorse Perry. Fellow governor, personal friend, similar philosophy. So what if Dick Armey and Dick Cheney are on the other side? That happens in politics, and mature figures--which these people are--understand that.

This is also somewhat of a defining primary. Although KBH has generally been a fine Senator, she's not a gut-level conservative. And so this race is an important mini-referendum on where the GOP is headed when it pick executives. Though Perry is far from perfect, he's been generally good, and the fear is that KBH will be Texas' version of Pete Wilson, who was a conservative Senator from CA in the Reagan years but came back to CA as governor and destroyed the CA GOP by RINOing it to death. KBH could do the same to the Texas GOP. She should stay in D.C. or retire; her time is passing anyway.

Astonerii| 12.14.09 @ 1:41PM

I live in Texas, and I would prefer Perry, so her help to get him elected is all good for me. At least he is willing to tell Washington DC that Texas has the right to leave. Will Hutchinson defend our rights as strongly? She is coming from Washington DC, seems to me she will be the person who will want to work through the issues and sell us out one baby step at a time. Just a hunch on this, I never seemed to get the feeling that her statements and demeanor ever matched up.

Paul Zummo| 12.14.09 @ 1:48PM

My mother-in-law lives in Texas, and she lovingly refers to Hutchison as a socialist. I'm not sure I quite agree with that assessment, but if she is any indication of how Texans view the race, then this is probably not going to be a problem for Palin.

gail| 12.14.09 @ 1:58PM

Rick Perry saying Texas has the right to leave. please! Perry should be calling a special session of the leg before the new year to get ready to use nullification to guard texas against the obamacare, the epa etc.
rick was more than ready to "take" miles and miles of private property for his transtexas corridor.
get rid of the career politicians.......again, look at debra medina. don't stay with the "he's better than she" thinking. www.medinafortexas.com

Panhandler| 12.14.09 @ 2:26PM

I will admit...I don't live in Texas (my wife and daughter were both born there, though) - I live on the FL panhandle. I heard Debra Medina interviewed on Patriot (Mike Church, I believe), and she is the real deal, just like Rubio. Debra is a former nurse, mother, and Christian - I firmly hope she can garner increasing support, and take the race. I see our success in running conservatives who are REAL people like Debra Medina and Doug Hoffman (he would have won given more time, and minus the Scozzafava devfection at the last minute). I echo Gail's comments completely - people should check Medina out.

Sean| 12.14.09 @ 2:53PM

Two RINO liberals running for Gov. of Texas. I won't be voting for either one. I also am leaning towards Medina.

Panhandler| 12.14.09 @ 3:10PM

A further note on Debra Medina...here is an e-mail I just got from her campaign. It sounds to me like Perry is afraid of her. I think Texans should insist on Medina being included on amy debates. We need to fight for Rubio here in FL, but Medina would be my clear choice in TX. Just a Floridian's opinion...

Let the Issues be Heard: Let Debra Debate

The primary election is just around the corner and if the voting public is going to make an educated decision in this election ALL of the candidates need to be heard. It’s fair. It’s the right thing. It’s the American way, right? Not according to KERA, the public media station who is sponsoring the debate in Dallas. And not according to the other two big government candidates.
KERA will not give me an invitation to the debate and Rick Perry has let it be known that if I’m there, he won’t be. He is afraid to be on stage with me because he knows that his record of leadership is very questionable at best and he doesn’t want those questions to be raised. He wants to keep the voting public in the dark and KERA is giving in to his demands.
I knew that this election was going to be a fight and fight I will!
I have been all over the Dallas area this past week talking about the debate on radio shows and on TV news. We have ads going up on TV this week in Dallas challenging Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison to come out and discuss the issues with We Texans and with me. Will they be up to the challenge? We don’t know. But I want you to know that the Debra Medina team will not take this sitting down.
We are going to fight tooth and nail to get me on that stage but we can’t do it without your help.
Raising awareness in the media is expensive and you can fight with us by making a generous donation at www.medinafortexas.com
We can win freedom in Texas with your help!

JB1| 12.14.09 @ 3:37PM

Why is KBH running you say? She is tired of DC. She adopted some little ones and wants to stay home. Some of her rich girl friends convinced her she could get a job back in Texas and they would help bankroll the campaign. Doing right by Texas is somewhere down the list.

Deborah| 12.14.09 @ 3:51PM

Palin will endorse Perry---not that it matters a whole lot. KBH has improved over the years, but she was "pro-choice" for most of her career---something that most Texas conservatives have NOT forgotten.

The Texas economy is the best out of the 50 states---by a huge margin. I'd just as soon let the current driver keep on driving

Kevin| 12.14.09 @ 4:57PM

KBH is pro-abortion. End of discussion as far as I am concerned but she isn't a fiscal conservative either.

blogforce one| 12.14.09 @ 5:57PM

Sarah Palin is rightly looking this as a Chess game re: the 2012 Presidential run. She is the Queen on the board and she needs the strongest chess pieces on her team when the big battle begins in earnest. Marco Rubio and Rick Perry will be the winners when the dust has settled and they will be key players who will be instrumental in delivering the White House to President elect Palin on Jan. 20th, 2013. Sarah Palin WILL endorse both and they will reciprocate when the time comes. Building a winning team is of utmost importance and the time is now to start.

Margie| 12.14.09 @ 8:00PM

Sounds awesome to me!

shirley| 12.14.09 @ 6:25PM

Go Mark White!

Uffda| 12.14.09 @ 10:46PM

I want her to focus on the Congressional races. She can drop Perry's name now and then if she wants, but the Congressional races should be the focus. Leave in-state elections to the state.

Spode| 12.14.09 @ 11:07PM

John Cormyn, and Dream act Kay are both open borders, amnesty for illegals proponents. Remember it was Cormyn who cussed out McCain for trying to steal his amnesty thunder, and Kay who just couldn't seem to stop introducing those Dream Act tuition for illegals bills.
KBH is being fully endorsed by all the former Bushies who put Mexico's citizens above our own.
Just where is that damn fence?

John Carpenter| 12.14.09 @ 11:22PM

How could anyone at this point given her meteoric rise from small-town beauty queen to the Superstar of the Republican party doubt sarah Palin's political instincts?

Does anyone think her appearance with William Shatner and the waves it made just happened to occur as the President's acceptance speech for his Nobel Prize was getting a lot of ink?

The woman and/or her new handlers have been playing the game brilliantly. If an endorsement of Perry is in the works you can bet it has the blessings of Roger Ailes who is in all likelihood the
guy moving the chess pieces on the board.

Mike Bergsma| 12.15.09 @ 9:45AM

Medina sued the Texas Republican party because she did not like the schedule for the state convention in 2008. She lost, appealed and lost, appealed and lost again this time to pay court costs which she has not yet paid. She would get creamed by the democrats.

rt| 12.18.09 @ 1:17PM

She just voted for cloture on the Defense Appropriations Bill laden with extraneous legislation and pork laden projects. Texas does not need another RINO

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george guy| 1.14.10 @ 3:13PM

medina is far and away the best choice. this mike bergsma has no idea what he is talking about. she sued and won and it had nothing to do with the 2008 schedule. get your facts straight. she may get beat by the dems but would rather put her up against them than the other 2 ass clowns that are no better than your typical moronic liberal dem.

Andrea Kyle| 1.21.10 @ 5:59PM

Sarah, please endorse Debra Medina! Perry and KBH are politics as usual. Medina is for TEXAS!