[MeekOneGOP]

Senator Hutchison Holds Tense Meeting
with Perry Supporters in El Paso

Excerpt:

EL PASO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison reacted angrily recently after several El Paso business leaders suggested that she not challenge Gov. Rick Perry in 2006 because their large campaign contributions to state leaders have increased the city's influence in Austin.

During the private luncheon last week, Hutchison, R-Texas, was asked to instead run for re-election for the Senate. She responded by denouncing the role large contributions play in state government, some of those attending said.

The meeting was organized as a briefing by the senator on various issues, but several Perry supporters turned the conversation to the upcoming gubernatorial election.

Many of those at the meeting agreed the discussion got severely strained after some of the business leaders mentioned their large contributions to Perry, also a Republican. Hutchison has said she hasn't decided whether to run in 2006.

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[Happy2BMe]

I think Arkansas is going to be in a similar situation in the '02 gubner election.

Asa Hutchinon is rumored to be eyeing the governor's seat in Little Rock (now occupied by Governor Mike Huckabee - a respected Republican who took over an incrdibly rocky job from Jim Guy Tucker who was impeached).