Dick Cheney to endorse Kay Bailey Hutchison

But it will help her (3.00 / 1)

I think it will help her, because the she will have to pull away some of the hard core conservatives to win the primary.  Her dithering combined with a microscope going over her have disillusioned many moderates who were thinking to go vote for her in order to get rid of Perry.

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by: Michael Hurta @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 19:50:24 PM UTC

credibility (3.00 / 2)

She has no credibility until she decides what on earth she is going to do.  

I would say a more powerful endorsement for either candidate is Sarah Palin, who endorsed Perry.  

Trying to become Rick Perry at the last minute will guarantee that she loses.  Her path to victory was moderate Republicans and disenchanted Democrats and Independents.  

The one person who could swing the vote one way or another for either candidate is probably Ron Paul.  I assume if he endorsed then it would be Medina.  If he did that I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility you have a Republican primary runoff.  

Todd

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

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by: Todd Hill @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 19:58:30 PM UTC

So, the most unpopular (0.00 / 0)

neocon draft evading war hawk Vice President in modern history endorses Hutchison?  That should be an embarrassment.  

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by: Libby Shaw @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 20:01:13 PM UTC

thank you, Lord (0.00 / 0)

this race just keeps getting better.

i wish halliburton would re-hire cheney so he would stop trying so hard to be relevant.

after having a captive audience (literally) for 8 years, he just can't take it that no one cares anymore.

at least bush knows to keep his head down and mouth shut.  after the rogering the country took under them, i would never appear in public again.

stick to the country club circuit.

Please refer to KT's signature.

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by: colin @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 20:17:51 PM UTC

Cheney got richer (0.00 / 0)

from all the Haliburton no-bid contracts for  the wars that he help start, his stock & stock options. He doesn't need to work.
 I hate to say anything good about Cheney, but he is smarter than Sarah Palin is. Or do I mean shiftier?  Neither is honest with others or themselves.

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by: MsInformed @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 21:57:42 PM UTC

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Perry and Hutchison are birds of the same feather (3.67 / 3)

We need a Democrat in office. The sooner the better.

If we get health care reform that includes a public option in which states can opt out, Texas will be screwed if a Republican is running the state.  Both Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison would opt out in a New York second.  Both are far too cozy with big insurance.  Both are pro business, anti-people.  

Texas would get stuck with no choice, no competition and the ability of insurance companies to continue to deny treatment and rob us blind.  Residents of other states will have more choices and fewer costs.  

Folks need to know this before going to the voting polls.  If one does not care about one's own self-interests, financial well being and overall health, vote for a Republican.  

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by: Libby Shaw @ Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 20:27:54 PM UTC

Hank Gilbert's TheScoop has the best response: (3.00 / 2)

"If You Don't Vote For Kay, Dick Cheney Will Shoot You In The Face"

http://thescoop.hankgilbert.co...

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by: Texas_Kat @ Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 03:11:58 AM UTC

Former Breck Girl Swallows Rat Poison (0.00 / 0)

Or maybe the whole rat. They run in packs, you know.

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by: JuanBongo @ Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 04:17:53 AM UTC

It will hurt her (0.00 / 0)

With Bush/Cheney gone Dem opponents have lost THE major campaign issue "Bush/Cheney".  Cheney reintroduces the issue.  NJ and VA Governor races may be foreshadowing what happens post Bush/Cheney

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by: sdhook @ Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 12:43:47 PM UTC

Cheney vs Palin (0.00 / 0)

I question how much pull Cheney has among the hardcore conservatives who vote in Primaries.  I do agree that Cheney's endorsement will hurt her over moderate Republicans and Independents, though.  It also make some Democrats think twice before voting for her over Rick Perry.

However, I think Palin is the stronger celebrity endorser in this race.  She seems to have more clout with teabaggers, birthers, and hard Republicans.  Probably because a lot of these people blame McCain, his campaign staff, and the liberal media rather than Palin over the 2008 loss.  In the long run, Palin's endorsement of Perry will probably garner more support than Cheney's endorsement of KBH.

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by: jvansickle @ Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 17:35:14 PM UTC

Agreed (0.00 / 0)

I think your exactly right if you are going to measure endorsements as an indication of strength in the Republican primary.  

I don't believe Cheney has much pull at all.  In fact, I would think that one would run for the hills if he said he would endorse them.  The reason Hutchison was so eager to embrace the endorsement, and promote it, is because she is desperate to look extreme Right---which is exactly the direction the Republican Party has headed in the last year.  She is desperately trying to be Rick Perry because, after all, being Kay Bailey Hutchison has caused her to spin her wheels for about a year.  

The fact is that being perceived as a moderate Republican these days is a political death-nail.  KBH could have withstood that pressure, and frankly, built a whole new Republican Party had she quit her inherit talent to waffle and be indecisive.  KBH should have started building a new, mainstream Republican Party and actually running a statewide campaign about 9-12 months ago.  She is way behind the 8-ball and desperately trying to win by being something that she is not---extreme.  

Todd

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

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by: Todd Hill @ Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 01:28:54 AM UTC

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Palin has serious "family" issues (0.00 / 0)

and serious baggage.  

Too many potentials for scandals.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Either way, an endorsement from Palin or Cheney can't be good in the long-term.

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by: Libby Shaw @ Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 02:10:38 AM UTC

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Palin (0.00 / 0)

is still the darling of the GOP.  We all know that she has baggage and represents the lowest form of politician that one can create; however, Republicans hold her up as a goddess and savior of the dying GOP.  That's fine by me.  

Both Cheney and Palin are pathetic.  I think it's great that Hutchison and Perry feel the need to throw these endorsements around and defend them.

Todd

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

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by: Todd Hill @ Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 15:29:55 PM UTC

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