Election 2010: Texas Republican Primary for Governor (Perry 44%, Hutchison 29%, Medina 16%)

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 2-2-10 | Scotte Rasmussen

[icwhatudo]

Incumbent Rick Perry's lead over Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has grown a little bigger in the race for this year's Republican gubernatorial nomination in Texas. Tea Party activist Debra Medina also has gained ground, and her gains appear to come at the expense of Hutchison.

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely Republican Primary voters in Texas finds Perry leading Hutchison 44% to 29%, with Medina at 16%.

Medina has gained four points since the previous survey while Hutchison has lost four points. Perry's support is little changed from a month ago.

[deport]

Your senario helps get rid of both of them in effect. Perry out now and KBH out after one term. That way we get her out of the Senate, Perry out and then her out in of the gov. office in 4 yrs. 10 years is enough as governor and 17 is more than enough as Senator.

[Crichton]

I'm with Perry on this one. Medina's a case of the grass being always greener on the other side of the border. I'm sympathetic to the idea of getting KBH the hell out of the Senate, but I think she could do lots of damage to Texas in the process.

Perry's a political animal but a damn impressive one one who will be happy to go along with the conservative wave the next few years.

[deport]

Wasn’t she originally going to resign last fall to run for governor but moved the date to later this spring?

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Correct. She originally said the late fall time frame and then changed that to hang around until after Health Care and Cap/Trade was done. So who knows what she’d do if she loses in the primary. Maybe stay the remaining two years as that is what Perry suggested she do and what Cronyn is suggesting also.

[wild74]

Texas Governor Rick Perry received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association on Friday.

The incumbent governor is locked in a tough primary race with fellow Republican, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. Perry is trying to position himself as the true conservative in the race.

The NRA endorsement comes just days after the Perry Camp announced that fellow conservative and Republican Party mega-star Sarah Palin will campaign with Perry in February.

Upon accepting the endorsement, Perry said, “Thankfully, we have organizations like these that are devoted to defending our essential Second Amendment rights and protecting the pillars of our democracy. I honestly believe in an individual’s right to carry for the way it helps a citizen with self-defense and for the deterrent effect it has on other violent crimes. This keeps us all safer.”

The NRA also commended Kay Bailey Hutchison for her support of gun rights, but added that it is usually the policy of the NRA to endorse the incumbent.

I don’t believe the NRA would support a RINO

[fieldmarshaldj]

I might be willing to give Medina some consideration, but she’s a Paleo Paulbot, and that’s just a no-go.

[deport]

I don’t believe the NRA would support a RINO

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I do if they support RINO Perry.

So you have one opinion I have another.

[wild74]

Agreed

[precisionshootist]

No Washington Politicians!!

No Career Politicians!!

Time for KBH to go back to the private sector or get a hobby.

I have a message I would like to send to her.

Goodbye. end of message

[deport]

No Career Politicians!!

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Can’t disagree with that..... Perry been sucking at the Texas gov’t teat since 1984 and KBH for many years also. Time to retire both of them if there is a way.

[darkangel82]

It’s between Medina, Hutchinson(meh) and Rick “Blago” Perry. So I guess Medina comes out on top, simply by not being the other two.

[Mamzelle]

A respectable showing for Medina.

HEY MEDINA--THINK ABOUT RUNNING AGAINST LLOYD DOGGETT IF THIS GOOB RUN DOESN'T PAN OUT!

[Soul Seeker]

Was Medina endorsed by the Tea Party? Or is that wishful thinking.

I’m going with Perry.

[LTC.Ret]

I think I’ll take Medina as well. This is the Primary, and this is the time to pick the best candidate out of the field. I am tired of “hold your nose and vote” “Republican” candidates. Either be conservative or be gone!

Whoever wins needs to start slowly but surely breaking the economic ties between the state and the federal government. The more we can stand alone, the less DC can bully us into following their unconstitutional mandates. Free Texas and Free Texans!!!

[zeugma]

I like Medina. (But being a New Mexican, I don’t count.)

Well, I'm a Texan, so I do count. I'll  be voting Medina. She'd be doing better if she could get more ink.

Remember folks, this is a primary. If no candidate gets 50+% of the vote, they'll have a runoff. For once you have a chance to vote your conscience instead of being forced to settle for the lesser of two evils!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Debra Medina will get my primary vote!

[patriot08]

What choice do we have?

Medina ad:

“Who is going to think more about Latino families? Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison or me, who has a Latino family?” (Medina’s cultural heritage is German and Bohemian.)

She told a colleague last month in an e-mail. “Being married, however, to someone with a Mexican American heritage, I certainly embrace the culture.” But before she explained that, she told my colleage, who had asked her whether she considers herself Latina: “I’d not consider myself anything other than a wife and mother, a nurse and a patriot. I believe we too often get into race when it’s immaterial.”

No, Thanks, Mrs Medina.

She is also running Spanish ads. Hello Mrs.Medina! If they cannot speak English then they have no business voting IMO. When they learn English then let them vote. Assimilate. Learn English. Appreciate all America gives you.

So I’m sure she is blowing a lot of hot air just like Obama did just to get elected. Running those ads and saying what she has, tells me the border issue is just a try to get votes for herself.

No, thanks, I’ll stick with ‘ol RINO Perry. Texas has remained in better shape than almost any if not all of the states in the union under Perry's watch. As someone said, 'he's the devil we know'.

The motly crew running for governor is laughable; a MUSLIM, a trecherous RINO woman* (Hutchison) and a woman with questionable loyalties

*Feds Have Built Only 32 Miles of 700 Mile Double-Border Fence Originally Mandated by Congress “One reason DHS has been able to do this is an amendment that Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R.-Texas) slipped into an omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed on December 18, 2007. Hutchison’s amendment put a loophole in the fence law that allowed the secretary of Homeland Security not to build the fence Congress had mandated the year before.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/43422

[wild74]

If the Libertarian (capital L) Party has never won a major seat then why worry? Many good Republicans have been swayed by the anti-immigration agenda as it is a law and order issue which Republicans appreciate. But as I pointed out, it doesn’t stop there. In fact it goes on to abandonment of the Pro-Life plank in the platform as evidenced by the “socially tolerant” admission on the “Libertarian Republican” blog site. Now that they have demonized poor and hungry people who come to America for the simple opportunity to work, the crypto-libertarians now, as Mrs. Medina recently alluded, advocate abandonment of the “Drug War” which is the REAL cause of most crime in American.

None of these ideals is a winner for the GOP and most are not Republican ideals or planks in the platform. TexasGOPvote.com is dedicated to the mission of “Restore, Renew and Reunite” the Republican Party. The crypto-libertarians seek to lead the party’s membership astray, and when they fail to win the majority of your votes, they will take that support and go to a third party. That will only benefit the Democrats…always has…always will. That’s why I oppose them…because they oppose us.

I found this interesting

[roylll]

“Go Debra Medina. Beat the open borders RINOS”

+ 1

[wild74]

The only people who are for open borders are Libertarians, they are for no borders at all. Medina is a libertarian running as a Conservative Rep

[roylll]

No, thanks, I’ll stick with ‘ol RINO Perry. Texas has remained in better shape than almost any if not all of the states in the union under Perry’s watch. As someone said, ‘he’s the devil we know’.

We in Ca got told the same thing with Arnold Kennedy in 2oo6

Look where Ca has gone from 06 - 10

To be forewarned is to be forearmed

I hope Texas likes the Countrywide deal we sent you