Hutchison trouncing Perry, Democratic pollster finds

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Postcards from the Lege 2/24/09
Hutchison trouncing Perry, Democratic pollster finds

By W. Gardner Selby | Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 10:00 AM

A Democratic pollster based in North Carolina says his poll of Texas Republicans shows U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a big lead on Gov Rick Perry for governor—the primary battle they stand to have next year.

"If the Republican primary were held today, Rick Perry’s tenure… would be coming to an end," Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling said online today. Its survey suggests Perry trails Hutchison 56-31 percent among likely GOP primary voters.

The group polled 797 likely Republican primary voters from February 18-20. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.5%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

I know what Perry is going to say "the poll has no merit, it was done by a Democratic pollster".

Now who can we find that can trounce Kay Buffy in the general?


Sonia

[MagickMuffin]

1. My likely Dem candidates would be David Van Os or Jim Hightower

Of course not really sure how either one of them would do in the General, but those are my picks so far. I'll have to consider some more, but David and Jim are Progressives with a quirky sense of humor.

But for some strange reason I get the feeling Boyd Richie could be gearing up for a run at it.