Posted on 01/15/2009 10:58:50 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is reconsidering a plan to resign from the Senate this year, a huge relief to Republicans who fear that a special election — even in deeply red Texas — could give Democrats a 60-seat, filibuster-resistant majority in the Senate.
Hutchison, who plans to run for governor in 2010, has been under pressure from Republican colleagues to stay in her Senate seat as long as she can.
“She’s a great lady, and I don’t blame her if she wants to run for governor, but the fact is we’d like her not to,” said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). “We’d like her to stay right here.”
Added a senior GOP aide: “I cannot imagine that … Sen. Hutchison would abandon her seat to pursue her own ambitions and even risk giving Democrats a supermajority in the Senate.”
At the Capitol on Wednesday, Hutchison told Politico that she’s going to “stay here this year regardless.” She subsequently equivocated a bit, saying she still could resign very late this year — or “stay for two years.”
But even waiting until late this year could be a big help to the GOP. Under Texas law, Gov. Rick Perry — a Republican — would appoint a short-term replacement for Hutchison. A special election would likely be held in November 2009 if Hutchison resigns before Sept. 28. If she resigns later in the year, the special election wouldn’t be held until May 2010.
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We Texas conservative Republicans would love to get rid of KBH. We need a strong true conservative to replace her.
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Correction:: The pressure should be for the witch to get out of politics. Before she can build another private lake on the border!!
I understand your frustration. However, there is a reasonable chance that she will be replaced by a rat. The public has blamed Republicans for the economic mess. The rats are almost invicible now. She is a moderate Republican but not a RINO.
If she will leave office anyway, it may be better to allow Perry to choose a successor now. The successor would have some time as an incumbent to bolster his record before a special election.
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“We Texas conservative Republicans...”
‘Conservative Republicans’ almost seems like an oxymoron. Kind of like “good politician”. How about compassionate conservative, nah.
Hey, about about Texas State Senator Dan Patrick???
How’s this? We need a candidate from the Inhofe/Jeff Sessions wing of the party and not from the McCain/Arlen Spector/John Warner/KBH wing.
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