(Please note the update to this story below. I have been of the same opinion as Todd since the summer that KBH isn't going to resign. This appears to becoming more true once again. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
An update to this story is below
Senator Kay "will she or won't she" Hutchison threw more fuel on the growing fire as to whether or not she will indeed resign her senate seat to pursue a full-time run for governor of Texas.
"I can't say anything right now because I don't know," Hutchison said. "Every day in Washington, some new bad thing is coming up."
Davis pushed further, asking if she might stay in the Senate through next year's March primary.
"Well, a lot of people are suggesting that," Hutchison said. "That's not what I want to do. That's not what I intend to do but ... right now I want to just see what comes next. When is health care finished? I want to stay and fight with every bone in my body against the government takeover of health care."
Hutchison was the featured guest of Right-wing conservative WBAP radio host Mark Davis this morning.
I've been one of the few who began to speculate back in the summer that Kay Bailey Hutchison may not resign her senate seat because she has been unable to build the necessary statewide infrastructure to challenge Rick Perry in the 2010 GOP primary. Hutchison has not had to run a statewide campaign since 1993, whereas Perry has run statewide campaigns dating back to 1998. Hutchison represents more of the moderate, yet dwindling wing of the Texas Republican Party, while Perry represents the extreme, Right-wing of the Texas Republican Party. The latter votes in larger numbers than the former in Republican primaries here in Texas. Hutchison has a lot going against her---much of which is her own fault.
Hutchison went on in her interview to suggest that there are a number of politicians beginning to be a bit upset that she is incapable of making up her mind as to whether she wants to retire to the Texas governor's mansion, or retire up in Washington until 2012:
Hutchison told Davis Tuesday it "bothers" her how many public officials' political plans are up in the air while they wait for her to step down.
Hogwash! You love the fact that you have the whole wide world in your hands, Kay. You love nothing more then having all these politicians pawing and begging for you to make up your mind. Hutchison will continue her half-hearted run for that retirement mansion in Austin, but she'll do it without resigning her senate seat.
UPDATE: POLITICO is now reporting an unnamed source within the Hutchison campaign as stating the following regarding distrust on the part of her campaign toward Perry appointing a suitable replacement for her in the senate:
A Hutchison insider told POLITICO that she "can't trust Perry to appoint a candidate who would hold the seat and represent the state at a desirable level."
The plot thickens folks!
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