| The American Spectator, one of the stalwart conservative publications in this country, gives us reason from the other side of the aisle to believe that Kay Bailey Hutchison would be an equally disappointing Governor in comparison to Rick Perry.
Just in case you still prefer Ms. Hutchison due to her "moderate" views, here is William Murchison (emphasis mine):
It all seems to me part and parcel of an argument going on around the country among Republicans: can we "play to the base" and succeed, or should we tweak a few things, rethink matters of policy and emphasis and tone? Kay says, to the latter question, you bet.
"I...want to build a Republican majority," the senator says. It's an unexceptionable objective from the Republican standpoint. So what policies get the job done? She enumerates them: better education, better transportation, healthier respect for property rights, opportunities for health care. We get there...how? Not through regulation. She isn't for that. Not through higher taxes. She wouldn't go there even if she wanted to, and I don't think she does, actually. A Hutchison administration, at the end of the day, probably wouldn't do things very differently than the Perry administration has been doing them. Maybe with kinder, gentler voice -- that's all I can think of, and it isn't a lot for purposes of differentiation from the man she would unseat. Nor am I sure by any means how many brownie points that would earn her with voters.
This being from a Republican. You want Kay Bailey Hutchison as the alternative to Perry? She's just a milder version. Rick Perry with less of a kick.
The Burnt Orange Report has been saying this for a while now, but a Conservative with no particular stake in this primary agrees with us. If Rick Perry loses in the primary, we get rid of a fire-breathing Conservative. But in Kay Bailey Hutchison, we have no moderate; we definitely still have a Conservative with a capital C. |
