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Posted on 01/05/2010 12:28:40 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) will air out a long pass on Thursday when she drops more than $100K on a single ad during what will likely be one of the most-watched events in TX this year.
Hutchison will spend the money on a 30-second spot when Texas meets Alabama for the College Football national championship. It will cost far more than an average TV spot -- in fact, in some districts, the amount Hutchison will spend on the single hit would be enough to run ads for a week.
The ad will run during pregame festivities in Austin and during the first half in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas-Ft. Worth, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Hutchison's campaign would not discuss what the ad will say, but it's not likely to be any ad the campaign has released so far. Campaign manager Terry Sullivan told the paper's Wayne Slater the spot would be a "game-changer."
The game, for Hutchison, needs some changing. Public polls have been few and far between in TX, but GOPers with knowledge of the race say Gov. Rick Perry (R) is running well ahead of Hutchison, thanks to his efforts to pit the contest as Austin's way of doing business versus DC's.
Perry has run several ads reminding voters that Hutchison is a DC incumbent. Meanwhile, Hutchison has made an issue of her fight against Dem health care legislation, which some GOP strategists not affiliated with the race believe only reminds voters further that Hutchison is a Senator.
Hutchison has been slamming Perry for several of his plans that involve making some TX freeways into toll roads, a theme her latest ad, released this morning, continues.
And running the new spot during the UT game is a smart idea. At least she will be able to remind some extremely partisan (football partisan, that is) voters that she was a UT cheerleader, while Perry led cheers for Texas A&M. Check out the DMN's Trail Blazers blog for 2 fantastic shots of Hutchison and Perry during their collegiate days.
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Roll Tide!
Governor Goodhair might not be ideal, but I'm afraid that when you're pitted against someone who didn't vote to curtail the First Amendment (with a tyrannical law that has now been upheld by the Supreme Court), you're going to lose.
And Hook 'Em Horns.
It would be much better if Texas GOP $$$ were spent on grassroots organization rather than big budget TV ads.
Does it really need to be said....RTR
From the article:
“And running the new spot during the UT game is a smart idea. At least she will be able to remind some extremely partisan (football partisan, that is) voters that she was a UT cheerleader, while Perry led cheers for Texas A&M.”
What nonsense. There is no bigger fan of UT football than me, but I would never consider voting for or against someone because of the college at which he or she was a cheerleader. In addition, I doubt that 5% of the UT fans who watch the game know that Kay Baby was a UT cheerleader.
NoWayKay is acting Texan again? It is almost a pattern with her that you can set a watch to, time for people to vote, she acts Texan, any other time, she is just a DC career RINO.
100K later and she’ll still be a dumb RINO. Kay, why don’t you follow your true calling and go abort some more babies.
I’ll be up getting another beer during her commercial.
I wouldn’t vote for KBH to swab out my john.
To what are you referring? Are you for McCain-Feingold? She voted against the bill. See: Hutchison's votes on Campaign Finance Reform,
Yells, Kay. Yells.
Slick Rick led yells.
No self-respecting Aggie would cheer. ;-)
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