Rick Perry: What recession?

[Winehole23]

[Winehole23]

Texas lost another 62,200 jobs last month and the unemployment rate has risen to 8 percent.

A 22 year high.

[Nbadan]

Hutch has passed him in the latest tracking polls too...

[nuclearfm]

Hutch has passed him in the latest tracking polls too...

Hutch is the only hope for the GOP, I don't see Perry holding it down against Kinky, he brings too much of the Libertarian front that is strong in hate for Perry

[Nbadan]

Seriously?

[Winehole23]

Kinky was weak in the last gubernatorial race, and this one coincides -- surprise! -- with the publication of a new book by Kinky Friedman.

[Nbadan]

Yep, obviously some people here over-estimate Kinky's reach...now, I'd like to sit down and smoke a few cigars with Kinky but this could be a good year for a real Democrat to run after Hutch and Perry destroy each other for the GOP nomination...

[Winehole23]

I've heard Houston Mayor Bill White is considering running for Kay Bailey's Senate seat. Have you heard anything about that, Dan?

[mogrovejo]

I've heard Houston Mayor Bill White is considering running for Kay Bailey's Senate seat. Have you heard anything about that, Dan?

http://billwhitefortexas.com

[Nbadan]

Yes, I've heard the same rumors....among some Demo's it's already a done deal..with Willie by his side, what can go wrong? right?

[Nbadan]

Guess he has announced..

[SpurNation]

Politics. A never ending story.

This next gubernatorial race is going to be quite interesting. I think Hutch will win the republican nomination albeit a moral victory.

I too think it will discontent the Reps. And if Willie backs the Dem nomination...Well now...pot will be legalized... J/K

[jman3000]

Maybe for SA, but I'm not quite sure how Houston, Dallas, or Austin are doing. I think we're around 7% and while that's not great, it's still on the upper level of decently healthy. AT&T will most likely have another large wave of transfers to Dallas... so I'm not sure how long that will hold. That has more to do with AT&T not learning from their mistake then the recession, though.

I personally don't know anybody who has been seriously affected by the recession.

[coyotes_geek]

I've heard Houston Mayor Bill White is considering running for Kay Bailey's Senate seat. Have you heard anything about that, Dan?

I like Bill White, but I just can't see a democrat winning a senate seat or the governors office in this state for quite some time.

[coyotes_geek]

This next gubernatorial race is going to be quite interesting. I think Hutch will win the republican nomination albeit a moral victory.

I agree. KBH eeks out a win in the primary and wins the general election in a landslide.

[NoOptionB]

If you want a Gov. that would actually secede, vote Medina.

The other two are just playing the game.


Kinky is a cigar smoking clown that is on the same level as that Mexican Steven Segal Dojo wearing Eye Glasses/Tattoo salesman that has commercials on in San Antonio I saw Kinky on MSNBC 2 weeks ago pretty much say "Whatever the dems (Federal) come up with is good for Texas."


edit: oops, I thought thread le was "Re: Ricky Perry: What secession?"

[spursncowboys]

Texas didn't take stimulus money.
Texas unemployment is below the national avg. (19 lowest of 51- they count DC)
Texas housing value devalued less than the National avg.
Texas maintains lower taxes
Texas has a huge doctor/population because of the business-friendly laws made since Perry was Gov, which has created a higher standard of dr in tx

[spursncowboys]

Perry is running to the right of KBH

KBH would smoke him in a general, but GOP primary voters usually vote for the candidate they think is more conservative (just as Dem primary voters go for the more liberal candidate)

so KBH's strategery is to bring in moderate GOPers and traditional Dems to the GOP primary. that's a tough strategery to execute. But KBH in a general is practically unbeatable by a Dem.

Since he's gone so far right, Perry is thought to be more vulnerable to a conservative Dem in the general, like Tom Schieffer (however Schieffer has the same type of problem in the Dem Primary that KBH does...leaving room for someone like Ronnie Earle or Hank Gilbert to win the Dem nomination -- and then surely lose in the general)

There is no way a democrat would win Gov in TX. Not with what the Dems are doing right now nationally. They could put Ron Paul up and call him a Democrat and he would still lose.