Kay Bailey Hutchinson outraises Perry by $1M

[RB TexLa]

Hutchison more than $1M ahead of Perry in funding going into Texas governor's race

07:06 PM CST on Thursday, January 15, 2009
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News
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AUSTIN – Kay Bailey Hutchison goes into the governor’s race more than $1 million ahead of Gov. Rick Perry after transferring almost all the money she had raised as a senator, the strongest signal yet she intends to challenge her fellow Republican.

Perry completed a six-month fundraising blitz, leaving him with $6.6 million in his campaign treasury, according to his latest report. Hutchison starts the year with $7.8 million in the bank, mostly transferred money.

For months, Perry allies have questioned whether Hutchison will actually seek to unseat the governor in the 2010 GOP primary.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/011608dntexhutchisonfunds.81ad57e.html

[saltpoint]

1. Two fools going at it. The best-case scenario for me would be for

both of them to raise more money than God and then burn it all by annihilating each other in the primary.

[Captain Hilts]

2. KBH is no fool.

Just because you agree with her doesn't make her a fool.

[saltpoint]

3. I don't agree with her, Mookie.

If Perry outwits her and cranks up his fundie base, she'll look foolish enough.

[Captain Hilts]

5. True, he's a dimwit, but dimwits have a constituency. nt

[saltpoint]

6. Mookie. Count to 10 and read my post again.

You're missing a couple of key points.

I don't like either one of them. I already know they have constituencies.

[Captain Hilts]

7. I'm in agreement with you, not angry. I intensely dislike both. nt

[saltpoint]

10. Agree -- I only wish Texas folks had a better choice all around.

There are progressives in Texas, but the Republicans pretty much own the state, unfortunately.

I still have a lot of respect for Texas as a place, though. Larry McMurty has some terrific essays on Texas history and culture that are revealing and interesting -- an funny. I came away with a lot more respect for Texas than I had going in.

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

4. Thanks for explaining...

from the headline, I thought they were just playing high stakes Texas hold 'em.

[peekaloo]

8. Hair apparent(s).

it'll be fun watching them slug it out.

[marmar]

9. Dumb and Dumberer........

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