Kay Bailey Hutchison won't seek re-election to the Senate

[The Straight Story]

Just in: Kay Bailey Hutchison won't seek re-election to the Senate. Details to come.

http://www.breakingnews.com/

[stevenleser]

1. She isnt wingnutty enough is I think the real reason behind it. Amazing because she aint exactly

a moderate.

[w8liftinglady]

7. a lot of her supporters voted for Bill White for Gov

She ain't a moderate,but she's a flaming liberal compared to some of the candidates we have here...

[Skittles]

2. tell me she won't come back to Texas and I'll be happy

[efhmc]

13. What a dreamer you are.

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[WolverineDG]

16. delete

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Hmmm

She doesn't the 'it' in the you know what crazy eh? Too bad - If I'm centrist/moderate Republican I'm happy that she is on the "National Stage" as contrast to Palin. Polite, well spoken, intelligent, accomplished . . . vs. Strident, Abrasive, barely educated, questionable IQ. If she's not running? There's no turning back from the hard right extreme the Republican Party has become the home of.

[Ilsa]

5. She's wanted to move back to TX for ages. Thats why she ran for governor.

Maybe she'll leave politics altogether. As much as we make fun of her, we've had worse.

[Toucano]

6. Good opportunity for a pick up seat if the Tea Party runs an Angle candidate.

This could work out well.

[northoftheborder]

9. not necessarily true; Perry sucked up to the tea party, didn't hurt him.

[KamaAina]

10. I just heard that fully one-third of the Texas Lege is in the Tea Party Caucus

:scared:

[Toucano]

15. Perry did pander.

But he had, shall we say, "conventional" Republican support.

The Tea Party's homegrown candidates have a propensity to shed more support than they attract.

It may present a better chance than a traditional Republican.

[northoftheborder]

8. KBH

I'm no fan of Kay B. Hutchison, but I imagine she sees her party going over the cliff into fanaticism. She's a moderate, but rarely breaks rank with R's in her voting record or public comments.

Any Repub running to replace her will no doubt be a far right, with the state of things now. Any Democrat with a slight chance to beat her will have to be moderate. I thought Bill White had a chance, but could not overcome Perry. He was endorsed by every major paper in the state, and had a good record as mayor. But the Hispanics were not motivated to come out and vote. A Hispanic with a very solid record, and charismatic, might have a chance, such as another Henry Cisneros. Ron Kirk, however, African-American, well liked Dallas mayor ran against Hutchison and wasn't elected.

Democrats are in the desert, now, in this state. Don't forget we are a large minority, but seldom get any help from the DNC. The most resources we got was when Howard Dean was leader of the DNC, with his 50-state strategy, and we did better in 2008 than any time in recent history.

[sadbear]

11. Senator Louie Gohmert?

Oh please no!

[sadbear]

12. Or Senator Jeb Hensarling?

Only slightly better.

[MilesColtrane]

14. Senator Tom Leppert

The Dallas mayor announced he won't be running for reelection this year. Instead, he wants to go to Washington where the real money is.

I think Hutchinson is going to give one last shot to a presidential run in 2012. (She'd certainly settle for the VP slot on the Republican slot ticket as consolation.)

[efhmc]

17. The repukes made a mistake getting painlin over KBH.

Neither would have helped too much.