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The Spectacle Blog
The much-anticipated Republican primary fight for governor in Texas ended not with a bang, but a whimper. As the polls predicted for quite some time, Gov. Rick Perry clobbered Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison 51 percent to 30 percent, avoiding a runoff. Perry was much more attuned to conservative attitudes in the state; Hutchison never articulated a compelling rationale for her candidacy.
A third candidate, Tea Party activist Debra Medina, garnered a respectable 19 percent of the vote. But polls once showed her on track to help force Perry into a runoff, perhaps even overtaking Hutchison for second place. Medina missed an opportunity to have a bigger impact on the race because she foolishly tried to play to the 9/11 truthers during an interview with Glenn Beck, a move I discussed in a recent column on the future of Ron Paul Republicanism.
UPDATE: Ron Paul himself demolished three primary opponents and won 81 percent of the vote.
UPDATE II: I don’t know why I kept calling KBH “Hutchinson.” Brain freeze.
JB1| 3.3.10 @ 12:55PM
The Tea Party people of Texas, while recognizing Medina's attachment to the Tea Party cause, never bought into her as the Tea Party candidate. Most of them voted for Perry according to the polls.
Ken (Old Texican)| 3.3.10 @ 1:01PM
James,
You will never quite understand we Texans, (including a majority of immigrants from the communist States).
Heh! Perry won for one clear reason. Go to youtube and watch Governor Perry "grow a pair" at the april 15 teaparty, 2009.
Quite simply, he told Washington DC to butt out and take a lesson from us.
All the east coast pundits screamed "seccession pervert", but Perry said no such thing. He merely pointed out that we (Texans) have set the templates for overwhelming success. With all our fallibility here, we have managed OK............OK?
We Texans believe Perry will steer a careful course, but stand for us Texans.
Pretty simple...."Don't Mess With Texas".
Margie| 3.3.10 @ 1:09PM
Congratulations Texas!
NJ, VA, MA, and Texas is well on it's way.
Conservatives are winning and it is only going to get better.
Franklin| 3.3.10 @ 1:40PM
Yeah for Texas!
I should have listened to my boss when he moved to Texas in the mid-80's, wanted me to come with him to run he office. I chose Minnesota instead. Dang.
wwwexler| 3.3.10 @ 6:35PM
Forget the politics--you chose to live through Minnesota's freezing winters? Dang!
C Bowen| 3.3.10 @ 1:42PM
This is the guy that wants to drug 11 year old girls so they don't get venereal diseases?
You'll have to help me here, but where I come from, we wouldn't call that a conservative.
Sean| 3.3.10 @ 1:53PM
Perry isn't a conservative. This is the problem. People that want conservative policies keep voting for nonconservatives that call themselves conservative. Then they wonder why nothing ever changes and government keeps growing and growing.
Jeanie| 3.4.10 @ 1:52AM
You've got Perry tagged right. He has said the Trans-Texas Corridor is DEAD..it isn't he/they just changed the name. At the voting precinct I heard a woman say when asked which "party" she was voting and she replied " I just don't want Perry to get re-elected....she was a Democrat. However she could have been just "picking" Bill Whites (D) opponent for Nov.2012. I really don't think that be the case as she was one of us older citizens that see things clearer than most of the younger generation. No to Perry No to KBH ,I did vote for Medina. Since Perry won without a run-off we can only hope that his EGO doesn't take off
and he will just go back to business as usual. KBH
was all for the Trans-Texas Corridor as I have been following her voting record and she actually gutted the Secure fence on the Texas Border and then authored a bill for a railroad crossing for a Million dollar Facility at Port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico which would then link Mexico by rail all the way to the "Smart Port" in Kansas City Kansas. The Port which was built by Hutchinson Port Holdings in China. She also being on the Senate Transportation Committee pushed for legislation as the:
DESIGNATION OF HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR.
(a) In General- Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2032) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(46) The Interstate Route 14 corridor from Wilmington, North Carolina, westward to El Paso, Texas, as follows:
`(A) In the State of South Carolina, through Myrtle Beach and Orangeburg.
`(B) In the State of Georgia, through Augusta, Warner Robins, and Columbus.
`(C) In the State of Alabama, through Tuskegee, Montgomery, and Camden.
`(D) In the State of Mississippi, through Waynesboro, Laurel, Brookhaven, and Natchez.
`(E) In the State of Louisiana, through Vidalia, Ferriday, Jonesville, Pineville, Alexandria, and Leesville.
`(F) In the State of Texas, through Jasper, Woodville, Corrigan, Lufkin, Trinity, Livingston, Huntsville, Madisonville, Bryan/College Station, Cameron, Hearne, Brady, Temple, Killeen, Lampasas, Menard, Sonora, and El Paso.'
She and Perry are cut from the same RHINO cloth
and Perry is also part of the Bilderberg group.
I do not think Perry will win in Nov.
Ken (Old Texican)| 3.3.10 @ 1:58PM
C Bowen,
From what part of mars do you hail?
Idiot!
We "drug" kids against polio and lockjaw as well.
You are an idiot.
Sean| 3.3.10 @ 2:17PM
You sir are the idiot you big government fool.
C Bowen| 3.3.10 @ 2:25PM
So let me get this straight, in Texas, drugging young girls so they don't get venereal diseases, is the conservative position?
What a strange place.
SoCon| 3.3.10 @ 6:58PM
Ken, you're wrong on this one. I was shocked when I heard about Perry's 2007 executive order that MANDATED all girls in Texas going into sixth grade (11 and 12 years of age) would start a 3 phase HPV vaccination program with the drug Gardasil.
There are a lot of severe side-effects associated with Gardasil, let alone the moral implications of forcing young girls to be vaccinated for 'projected' sexual activity, that outraged parents in Texas.
Parental fury forced Perry to withdraw his executive order--but I have never forgotten his arrogant over-reach. Has Perry ever explained his actions?
I wouldn't trust him.
astonerii| 3.3.10 @ 2:53PM
"The Tea Party people of Texas, while recognizing Medina's attachment to the Tea Party cause, never bought into her as the Tea Party candidate. Most of them voted for Perry according to the polls. "
That is because it is not good to fight a strong conservative with a third party. I 100% support third party types when there is not a conservative in the race. This race had Perry, and he is very conservative, supported the Tea Parties very early on, and thus was already what would be considered the Tea Party Candidate.
Jeanie| 3.4.10 @ 2:01AM
Astonerii
Perry only supported the tea party and got on the band wagon so he could "petend" conservatisn. He's a Rhino and a member of the Bolderberg group which is supporting the New World Order.
He wants to get elected so he can continue his part
in the plan of the New World Order that is proposed by the U.N. and the Obama administration.
danny| 3.3.10 @ 10:52PM
ken, yes we do vaccinate against polio and other diseases, but not because of an executive order issued by the governor. perry has done a decent job, but he is not far enough removed from his democrat past for me.
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Spicy Joker| 3.4.10 @ 2:19AM
Trick Perry is a George W. Bush Republican, but I'd rather vote for Nancy Pelosi than a traitorous 9/11 "truther" like Debbie Medina.