[austinaero]

I believe Dewhurst was a bit complacent and took his insider status for granted and dropped the ball big time.

I offered up an extra thank you to God this morning when I read this news. God really is in charge.

[thackney]

I believe Dewhurst was a bit complacent and took his insider status for granted

Complacent??? I saw his campaign as desperate.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/ted-cruz-wins-in-texas-gop-senate-runoff/

Dewhurst poured $11 million of his own personal fortune- he founded a successful energy company called Falcon Seaboard- into his campaign, spending a total of $19 million, as compared to Cruz’s $7 million spent.

[Dr. Sivana]

I believe Dewhurst was a bit complacent and took his insider status for granted and dropped the ball big time.

If so, then he is stupid and incompetant politically as well as corrupt. He had Dick Lugar as a warning, a long term incumbent with great status in a somewhat less conservative state.

Orrin Hatch figured out. He's entrenched establishment, but he is neither stupid nor incompetant.

[Paine in the Neck]

Dewhurst figured he could “shock and awe” Cruz with his $$ advantage. But the overwhelming negativity turned a lot of folks away. I’m not sure the tea party aspect deserves as much credit as does Dewhurst’s campaign incompetence.