Hutchison says she will resign in October or Novemeber (special election in May 2010)

Texas Politics ^ | July 29, 2009 | by R.G. Ratcliffe

[MaestroLC]

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison sent out this transcript of her interview with WBAP talk show host Mark Davis.

Hutchison said she will give up her Senate seat in October or November. That would set off the special election for May 2010, unless Gov. Rick Perry declared an emergency and set it for an earlier date.

The transcript:

(snip)

Mark Davis: "So you'll be coming out at some point. When do you think its decision time for you? When would you like, when might we know?"

Kay Bailey Hutchison: "Well I'm going to announce in August. Formal announcement: I am in. Then the actual leaving of the Senate will be sometime - October, November - that, in that time frame."

[tet68]

Novemeber isn’t that before Decemeber?

I get my beebers mixed up.

[mulligan]

A flop in Washington and an even bigger flop in Texas.

[nomoremods]

But wait... doesn’t that make her a quitter? /sarc

[Al B.]

Quitter. /s

[freekitty]

Why is she doing that?

[basil]

I sort of agree with you. Problem is, who do we have that we can get behind to be the governor of TX? I don’t see anyone on the horizon who excites me.

[bill1952]

If Hutchison follows through with her resignation, attention on the GOP side will turn to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R), who would enter the race as the GOP front-runner and is a favorite of the national party, in large part because of his ability to self-fund.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/sen.-hutchison-prepared-to-resign-this-year-2009-07-29.html

[smokingfrog]

Who do you think Perry will appoint to take her place?

[jessduntno]

Alright, quit reading minds...you are freaking me out...

To: MaestroLC
But wait... doesn’t that make her a quitter? /sarc

July 29, 2009 11:28:11 AM by nomoremods

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To: MaestroLC
Quitter. /s

July 29, 2009 11:28:29 AM by Al B.

[MaestroLC]

attention on the GOP side will turn to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R), who would enter the race as the GOP front-runner and is a favorite of the national party, in large part because of his ability to self-fund.

From what I understand, Dewhurst is a solid conservative.

[saganite]

“So you’ll be coming out at some point.”

?? LOL!

[Technogeeb]

Problem is, who do we have that we can get behind to be the governor of TX?

Jerry Patterson would make an outstanding governor.

[Secret Agent Man]

Why telegraph this so early? Why give the dems such advance warning?

[org.whodat]

That would be a great twofer, the Texas Witch resigns and loses. America wins.

[MaestroLC]

She won’t make it in Texas.

Ditto about Hutchison. She is in a very weak position right now to win as Texas governor. She voted for TARP, and that will be held strongly against her.

[Reagan69]

QUITTER !

[Wardenclyffe]

Because she’s a copycat?

[Sarah Barracuda]

I wonder if the media will declare KBH a quitter and that she has no future in politics