[Paine in the Neck]

Who are the potential GOP primary candidates for gov. this time around with Perry out?

Right now, it's Greg Abbott and Tom Pauken on the GOP side. Looks like the 'Rats are hitching their wagon to Abortion Barbie Wendy Davis.

I could go either way between Abbott and Pauken. Lately Pauken has been making the case that Abbott is too close to Big Money.

Either Abbott or Pauken will crush Barbie.

[Marcella]

Pauken has nothing going for him except to try to smear Abbott. Pauken has lost every race he has run. Pauken, in my opinion and the opinion of others who were working in the Republican Party when Pauken was our state chair, he was the worst state chairman we ever had and got the party in financial trouble and the Republican governor wouldn't take his phone calls. I know that is true because he said it to my husband and me. Pauken has no redeeming value when it comes to being a leader - he isn't one.

The POS didn't want my husband to be the county chairman, but my husband crushed Pauken’s choice, so Pauken’s secretary treated us like dirt after we won. That secretary even came to our county after we won, to meet with the small group who backed Pauken's man and they conspired to make our political life as difficult as possible. Then, Pauken, being in trouble as chairman of the state party, quit as state chairman and there went the secretary, too - good riddance.

Susan Weddington became the state chair and she loved coming to our Republican office and came during the Christmas season to be in our parade. She could have gone to any Texas county but she came to ours. My husband was chairman for ten years until his health failed, and we turned that county from Democrat to Republican.

Gregg Abbott, a fearless fighter against Hussein/Holder, for Texas Governor.