1) 9-11 troofery. That's a dealbreaker for me.
2) The Purging of the Texas Forensic Science Commission investigating the execution of Cameron Willingham. When asked about it, his response was even worse than waffling; it was pretty much the standard 'I don't answer to you' reply that people accustomed to power like to give. Another dealbreaker. I'm also curious about the details pertaining to his Spring 2007 trip to Istanbul.
3) Process of elimination leaves KBH. Not my kind of candidate, but if she becomes governor then that vacates her Senate seat, and someone more likely to effect real change in DC such as Armey or Gramm or even Ron Paul could run for the seat. So could be a blessing in disguise.
In related news, I'm glad to see that Beck's softball question to Medina has gotten him rehabilitated in the eyes of the Covenites, following his exile stemming from Palin's inability to answer one of his softball questions.
“In related news, I’m glad to see that Beck’s softball question to Medina has gotten him rehabilitated in the eyes of the Covenites, following his exile stemming from Palin’s inability to answer one of his softball questions.”
ROFLMAO! I can see your point, too, about why Hutchinson is your default. I guess my concern is that I see Hutchinson as a real killer for the conservative GOP in Texas. She’s a better pol than Perry in some ways, and I don’t think she’d have overreached with TTC, but if she’d wanted it, she’d have ACCOMPLISHED the TTC!
That said, I can’t fault your point about her exiting being a blessing in disguise. However, I always figured that if she won Perry would try to appoint himself to her seat. To me, the smarter play for him in this whole thing would have been to make her promise to appoint him to the Senate, then let her waltz in to the Governor’s non-mansion knowing he was her kingmaker, not the Bushies.