Mini-KBH Announces $6.7 Million Raised ($12.5 CoH), Will Run For Real in August

Lets not throw stones. (0.00 / 0)

I don't believe we should settle for Kay Bailey Hutchison just because she is better than Rick Perry. We must elect a Democrat in 2010 to have real change and move this state forward.

Having said that, Hutchison has $12.5 million on hand and has raised about $1.1 million a month this year. Before we say that she did a bad job, lets look at our own candidates and how they are doing. How much has Tom Schieffer raised? How about Kinky Friedman? Does Mark Thompson even have a bank account?

We can't criticize Hutchison's fundraising when our own is much much worse. Either we need to recruit a better candidate such as Kirk Watson or Ronnie Earle, or we need to start making Schieffer's fundraising on par with Hutchison and Perry.

We have the better candidates and may soon have even better ones, but we must make them equal in resources for them to have a chance, or else Hutchison's messily $12.5 million is going to completely overpower us in November of 2010.

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by: DallasDavid @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 19:28:34 PM UTC

Partially agreed (0.00 / 0)

We need to do a good job raising money. But you have to realize how much money Perry & Hutchison are going to burn on each other.

Also0, a Texas Democrat must raise real money -- absolutely. But we've won races around the state when we've been outspent. We need money to compete, and really push voter registration, turnout at the polls, and message. If we have that, then we can win.

Now, a very great man once said that some people rob you with a fountain pen.

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by: Phillip Martin, Progress Texas @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 19:35:52 PM UTC

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agreed on all counts (0.00 / 0)

I also think that Perry's 9.7 million cash on hand and Hutchison's 12.5 million cash on hand will all be exclusively used for the Republican primary, with a vast majority for negative advertising.

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by: Michael Hurta @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 19:44:15 PM UTC

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L'il KBH: Kaydorable! (0.00 / 0)

So much for optics. That low ceiling and bunting are horrible. She looks like she's announcing for Seguin city council, not Governor of Texas.

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by: Rahm McDaniel @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 20:04:23 PM UTC

Kaydorable Logo (0.00 / 0)

The "Kay" logo is the only professional thing in the above camera shots. I would have made the podium Kay larger and deleted the other two on the easel illustrations.

Million of dollars we be spent in the 2010 Republican primary. Wisely spent on negative TV ads I hope.

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by: ssuits @ Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 23:55:47 PM UTC

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Right and Wrong (0.00 / 0)

I agree with PM's assessments about the presentation. It is like the before on those makeover shows.

But your assertion about how much she needed to raise is random. Why THAT amount? It doesn't seem grounded to me.

The Sanchez-Perry gubernatorial election was $100 million plus. Rick demonstrated he could raise $40 million from the GOPers and that was before some of them bolted to KBH.  I think their primary will be $60 million total unless a wildcard gets in to split the vote and force a runoff which would add to the cost.

September 1 is the traditional first day of campaigning in Texas state races. I fail to see how KBH is on her deathbed for failure to double down on Rick.

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by: McKinney @ Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 01:07:03 AM UTC

Speaking of Heat (0.00 / 0)

I love this!

Thank you, Kirk Watson. That's one very cool message! Something we all need in heat like this. I enjoyed receiving it in my Inbox today. :)

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by: Elsbeth @ Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 01:42:05 AM UTC

This was pathetic... (0.00 / 0)

...not the numbers, they're respectable...but the treatment on this blog and the commentary make me want to stick my fingers down my throat. When are people going to finally wake up that a) Kay Bailey Hutchison is not a Democrat or anything close to it, b) just because she is a woman doesn't make her a good candidate for anything (she is not pro choice despite what you might have heard); and she is going to lose to Rick Perry in the primary, creating a great Democratic opportunity?  Kirk Watson, we need you to annouce now!

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by: politicsforjim @ Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 05:48:59 AM UTC

Watson does not need to get in now. (2.00 / 1)

Watson needs to get in in September, when people are paying attention again. No product launches in summertime.  

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by: Rahm McDaniel @ Tue Jul 14, 2009 at 14:54:37 PM UTC