When the Legislature does reconvene in 2011, one big question will be who is governor?
"Whether or not we'll have a new governor, no one will know until March," Hardcastle said. "If Bill White wins the Democrat primary, whoever wins the Republican primary better get their work boots on. Bill White is the most popular governor of any big city in the nation. Houston is a huge voting block."
Hardcastle said while he supports both Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison, he said he is leaning toward Hutchison for a variety of reasons.
"I think Kay can beat Bill White, and I don't think Rick can beat Bill White," Hardcastle said. "I think the (Trans Texas) Corridor will kill him against Bill White. I don't want to see a Democrat governor when we have a Republican majority."
It must stink to be stuck in the place where you have to risk Rick Perry's revenge on your legislative career by supporting Hutichison- but you choose to do so because you figure that supporting Perry is pointless if he won't survive as Governor through the general election against Bill White.
