 Sen. Hutchison continued toying with our emotions this afternoon with a clarification of her comments earlier today, which of course, coming from Hutchison means that she's actually about to make things more confusing and ridiculous than they were before.
CQ Politics: First, she told a Texas radio interviewer that she intends to resign her seat in the Senate.
In Washington a short time later, Hutchison said she might stay in the Senate through next year's gubernatorial race and really didn't intend to indicate a change in her anticipated timetable.
Oh. My. God. Are you for real? ARE YOU FOR REAL?
Hutchison said her comments were meant to convey that she believed Gov. Rick Perry might -- and maybe should -- drop out of the race, given that it was "pretty unprecedented to have a governor trying to serve 15 years."
"I was trying to say that I stepped back once before," Hutchison said, referring to two occasions on which Hutchison has eyed and then backed away from challenging Perry. Hutchison said that "nobody expected [Perry] to run for 15 years, and I think there's a chance that he wouldn't run because he would see how divisive it is and that he's trying to stay too long and that he can really help in many ways if he doesn't run, in which case I could then be able to stay in the Senate all the way to the end."
Hutchison said her preference would be "to stay all the way through the election but for it being very difficult with the governor continuing to run."
"I was really trying to say to him he could step back here, and he's really trying to hang on too long and maybe he'll rethink," she said.
I swear to god, the only thing crazier sounding than Rick Perry actually stepping down as Governor to let Her Royal Cowardness just waltz into the Governor's office, is being deluded enough to believe that's a real possibility and then publicly stating it as your excuse and stepping all over your own media cycle.
Update: An anonymous source points out the perfect song to accompany this story.
Quit playing games with my heart
Before you tear us apart
I should've known from the start
Before you got in my heart
Baby, baby the love that we had was so strong
Don't leave me hanging here forever
Oh baby, baby this is not a lie, let's stop this tonight
Baby, quit playing games
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Backstreet Boys, 1999 |
