Nbadan
11-21-2005, 09:57 PM
Democratic Senate hopeful poised to assail Hutchison
Radnofsky charges incumbent with fluffiness; senator's campaign calls jab immature.
By W. Gardner Selby
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, November 21, 2005
Barbara Ann Radnofsky of Houston, campaigning with the slogan "tough name, smart dame," says she is gaining ground on GOP U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison thanks to voters' growing weariness of Republican leadership.
Radnofsky, 49, intends to formalize her first run for public office with the Texas Democratic Party in Austin on Dec. 5 after almost 300 campaign stops over two years.
Radnofsky is a mediation lawyer for the Vinson & Elkins firm, which employs Hutchison's husband, Ray, in Dallas. She has not met him but cannot wait to debate his wife, the state's senior senator.
Hutchison "has refused to defend her record," Radnofsky said. "She's ready to run a race by traveling in a Cadillac appearing to honor her past as a University of Texas cheerleader," a reference to Hutchison recently joining an Austin parade featuring former Longhorn cheerleaders. "She's running the fluffiest race you can imagine."
Hutchison campaign adviser Bryan Eppstein called the jab "an immature statement by an immature candidate. We will debate on facts and the record, not on falsehoods."
Statesman (http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/11/21radnofsky.html)
What? Hutch fighting to save Texas's $400 sales-tax deduction isn't enough for you people? Apparently, the DSCC thinks that the whole Delay matter has wounded Hutchison enough so that her seat has possibly come into play in 06. Either way, it's nice to see the RNC having to spend money in Texas again.
Radnofsky charges incumbent with fluffiness; senator's campaign calls jab immature.
By W. Gardner Selby
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, November 21, 2005
Barbara Ann Radnofsky of Houston, campaigning with the slogan "tough name, smart dame," says she is gaining ground on GOP U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison thanks to voters' growing weariness of Republican leadership.
Radnofsky, 49, intends to formalize her first run for public office with the Texas Democratic Party in Austin on Dec. 5 after almost 300 campaign stops over two years.
Radnofsky is a mediation lawyer for the Vinson & Elkins firm, which employs Hutchison's husband, Ray, in Dallas. She has not met him but cannot wait to debate his wife, the state's senior senator.
Hutchison "has refused to defend her record," Radnofsky said. "She's ready to run a race by traveling in a Cadillac appearing to honor her past as a University of Texas cheerleader," a reference to Hutchison recently joining an Austin parade featuring former Longhorn cheerleaders. "She's running the fluffiest race you can imagine."
Hutchison campaign adviser Bryan Eppstein called the jab "an immature statement by an immature candidate. We will debate on facts and the record, not on falsehoods."
Statesman (http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/11/21radnofsky.html)
What? Hutch fighting to save Texas's $400 sales-tax deduction isn't enough for you people? Apparently, the DSCC thinks that the whole Delay matter has wounded Hutchison enough so that her seat has possibly come into play in 06. Either way, it's nice to see the RNC having to spend money in Texas again.