Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Friday that the primary matchup between her and Gov. Rick Perry will serve as a bellwether of where the Republican Party is headed nationally.
Hutchison gave a speech on federal issues to the Dallas Friday Group, a nonpartisan business organization, but answered questions from the audience about her bid for governor afterward.
Hutchison said it was important that the outcome of the primary sends the message “that the biggest state that is still reliably Republican is a state that has enlightened Republicans in leadership.”
Though she barely mentioned Perry throughout her appearance, Hutchison did comment that “silly rhetoric about secession from the country being an option is not a good image…for Texas.”
Hutchison predicted that if Texas were to turn blue, George W. Bush would be the last Republican president because no future party candidate could get enough electoral votes from the remaining purple or red states.
“The stakes are very high,” Hutchison said.
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By "enlightened" she means liberal like her, correct?
Posted by: Dave | August 28, 2009 at 02:58 PM
How arrogant of her. She is from Washington, therefore she is enlightened? Give me a break. She is a RINO, corrupt and part of the problem the GOP has with its image.
Posted by: Freedom & Justice Avenger | August 28, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Texas is not Red, Blue, or Purple. Texas is TEXAS! Go Grass Roots!!
Posted by: Andrew Castanuela | August 28, 2009 at 04:18 PM
Well Kay, can you show me an enlightened Republican in Texas? I can't really picture one.
Posted by: sgmorr | August 29, 2009 at 05:02 PM
No, we don't need enlightened, watered down RINO wanna be's.
If you can't toe the Republican line, then get out. That's what Colin Powell is, watered down and we don't recognize him any longer do we.
Rush is Right !!
Posted by: Waco Proud | August 31, 2009 at 06:17 PM