(Texas, Susan) Combs plotting run for comptroller

Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | January 23, 2005 | Jaime Powell

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Political Pulse: 01.23.05

The morning after the Texas State Society's Black Tie and Boots inaugural ball in Washington, which drew Texas politicians in droves, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs was hoarse, which she attributed to talking over the band.

Though she has not made a formal announcement, Combs said she would run for Carole Keeton Strayhorn's job as state comptroller, when Strayhorn tries to fill bigger boots, widely rumored to be Gov. Rick Perry's.

Strayhorn already has told Combs she is not running for comptroller again, so Combs' fund-raising efforts are directed at the job, she said.

"I will probably do a formal announcement in the next couple of months, but sure I am telling people I am running," Combs said.

Political Pulse is compiled by staff writer Jaime Powell. Contributors this week include Powell, and Matthew Sturdevant. Got a tip? Call 886-3716 or email powellj@caller.com

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Susan was in Three Rivers last Monday but forgot to tell me!:^)

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Tall Texan Ping!

[JohnnyZ]

Susan was in Three Rivers last Monday but forgot to tell me!:^)

Man, Susan announced her plans at Three Rivers Stadium four years ago yesterday, but I guess nobody was there to hear her....

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[GOPcapitalist]

Combs is a nice lady and all, but not qualified nor the best choice for Comptroller. She's never struck me as very smart.

Then again, that would put her in league with our current Comptroller

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Susan stands head and shoulders above the tough grand maw!

[GOPcapitalist]

Somebody needs to get a photo of Combs and Your-Ad-Here next to each other. Think Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins.

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OOPS!

The Quorum Report

January 24, 2005 3:52 PM

STRAYHORN LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR ANOTHER RUN AS COMPTROLLER

Keying off a Susan Combs quote in the Caller Times
It is certainly no secret that Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn is considering a run for Governor. Saying that the Comptroller's spot is an open seat, Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs has declared that she is a candidate and has been raising money on that assumption. She has said before and recently reiterated that Strayhorn assured her that it would be an open seat.

Keying off a quote in a recent Corpus Christi Caller Times to that effect, Strayhorn spokesman Mark Sanders today said, "The people of Texas are certainly asking her (Strayhorn) to run for Governor and she is listening. But the Comptroller never told Commissioner Combs she is not running for Comptroller again. And Commissioner Combs knows it."

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Susan with President Bush at his Crawford, TX ranch

And she's the shortest in her family or "runt of the litter"!

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"Combs is a nice lady and all, but not qualified nor the best choice for Comptroller. She's never struck me as very smart.

Then again, that would put her in league with our current Comptroller"

And in the same league as Kay Bailey, though Kay makes Susan look like a towering intellect.

What is it about us here in Texas that we persistently elect the dumbest of our women to office?

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And she's the shortest in her family or "runt of the litter"!

I like tall wimmen. Always have, dunno why J
I used to do with a gal who's 6'5" tall........
(Should've married her)

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I used to do with a gal who's 6'5" tall........

I used to go with a gal who's 6'5" tall........

(Ain't no wonder she quit goin' with me. I cain't even rite plane english)

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You're right that Kay's no genius. Susan trails her and Rylander-Strayhorn-McClellan falls even further behind that. Kay's also an Einstein compared to Governor Hairspray. Patterson and Dewhurst, though he puts on the folksy charade sometimes, are probably the most intelligent ones we've got.

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susan combs Related Links: Biography Video Clips of her interview Susan Combs Texas Department of Agriculture "Ag Comissioner Touts Small Towns" (Odessa American) Susan Combs Interview (Greenbeam.com)

Biography Susan Combs was elected Texas Agriculture Comissioner in 1998, and was re-elected in 2002. Combs serves on the boards of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association, the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Wildlife Association, Texas Natural Resources Foundation and on the national advisory board for Texas Wild. She also manages a cow-calf operation on her family's 70,000-acre Brewster County ranch. Prior to her election to the office of Agriculture Comissioner, Combs worked as State Director for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. From 1993 to 1996, she served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Combs is a graduate of Vassar College, where she majored in French and religion, and the University of Texas School of Law. Before entering politics, she prosecuted child abuse cases as an assistant district attorney in Dallas.