John Sharp: Still Going Strong

by: Michael Hurta

Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 09:21 AM CST

After an apparently inaccurate report that Kay Bailey Hutchison has no plans to resign her Senate seat, many other news agencies reported that there were, indeed, still plans. Also reminding us that Senator Hutchison will resign: John Sharp. He even had his own sources.

From an email he sent out last week:

We thought you might be interested in this story that appeared in the Dallas Morning News today. Kay Bailey Hutchison today confirmed she will indeed be resigning her senate seat.
Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News wrote this, "An erroneous TV report has caused quite a stir in political circles over whether Kay Bailey Hutchison plans to resign from the Senate. She does. No change. Nothing new to see here. As Hutchison spokeswoman Jen Baker told me yesterday, Hutchison intends to leave the Senate once the fights over federal health care and cap-and-trade environmental policy are settled. That's exactly what Hutchison told the Texas Federation of Women earlier this year. And exactly what she told us earlier this week."
In addition, numerous reports from people close to Senator Hutchison have independently called us to say the Senator will resign "win, lose or draw" right after the March 2, gubernatorial primary. If that happens this special election could happen as early as May.

Yesterday we saw a poll that shows Kay Bailey Hutchison failing to gain on Rick Perry, despite an apparently better debate. Instead, Debra Medina picks off supporters from both of them. That means chaos, and chaos might just increase Kay Bailey Hutchison's ineffectiveness and reasons to resign.

If and when she does resign, John Sharp is still zoned in. National Democrats are worried about a Senate campaign in Massachusetts where their candidate, Martha Coakley, has been criticized for not being zoned in. Texas Democrats the most focused in the country? Perhaps.

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John Sharp: Still Going Strong | 2 comments

Ah, not so fast (0.00 / 0)

I can't be the only one who sees the large loophole in this pledge to resign, can I?

"...once the fights over...cap and trade environmental policy are settled."

Please - those fights could still be going on in November 2012. She would never have to break "her word," but there would be no resignation for a long time.

And if Dems can't find a better candidate than a recycled John Sharp, it doesn't really matter anyway.

by: stacksucker @ Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 20:07:20 PM UTC

I see that loophole, too (0.00 / 0)

And in the past, I have pointed out that said loophole. The thing is, though, that Kay Bailey Hutchison has broken her word enough times that it's hard to really tell what she's going to do based off of what she says.

I think it's better to base it off of actions from her and those close to her as well as potential political calculus. I could see a resignation March 10, 2009. I could also see no resignation. This post presents the "resign soon" view that John Sharp's campaign argues will occur. I also believe that, with that view, Sharp is right to continue campaigning. You may disagree with him on when Hutchison will resign, though...

"Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write." - John Adams

by: Michael Hurta @ Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 20:37:00 PM UTC

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