Burnt Orange Report

Weekend Update in the Guv Race

By Byron LaMasters

Rick Perry vs. the World has a good recap of the news from the guv race over the weekend.

Democrat Chris Bell was in Austin over the weekend. He spoke at the Texas Young Democrats fundraiser at Scholtz's on Friday night. I was busy campaigning, but the speech covered many of the same points from his earlier speech at Scholtz's in March. Bell also spoke to the Capitol Area Democratic Women earlier this week.

Last night, Bell spoke at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner of the Brazos County Democrats. Our Aggie Democratic friends who came to the TYD convention had to rush back for that event. I'll try and get a guest post on that event if possible. Meanwhile, the Austin American Stateman quotes Bell that he is 70% sure that he will make a run for governor.

KBH tried to win favor with gun owners by saying this at the NRA convention:

"The French government has raised its terror alert from 'run' to 'hide,'" she joked, bringing a round of laughter. "The only higher levels in France are 'surrender' and 'collaborate.'"

Am I the only one who is a bit troubled that our senior senator finds it appropriate to publicly mock one of our NATO allies? The Houston Chronicle editorial page rightlyfully responded:

Speaking to the convention, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison joked that the French government has raised the terrorist alert level from "run" to "hide." Had she stopped there it would have been funny, but she went on to suggest that the French were capable of surrendering to or collaborating with the terrorists. The French have suffered mightily at the hands of Islamic terrorists, and few French citizens would accuse Americans of cowardice on 9/11 or collaboration with the enemy.

In other guv race news, there have been stirrings going around the capitol that another Democrat may jump in the race, but I'll hold off on posting until I hear more.