Kay v Rick

Submitted by GerryH on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 11:54am.

Talk about gaining the big mo. We see the new University of Texas poll shows Governor Rick Perry leading Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison by 12 points. Just a few months ago, Hutchison had a poll bragging about her double-digit lead.

Could just be that the poll over-sampled hair-care professionals. Or maybe the media-hyped "Perry fatigue" isn't as real as some would have us believe.

It could also be that the voting public is starting to poke around in the lady senator's record. She's held statewide office for 20+ years, so the "outsider" game doesn't work.

And even she could claim outsider status, she's coming in from Washington, DC. Not the most popular place on Planet Texas.

Maybe she missed hearing about the crowd wildly booing her fellow senator, John Cornyn, at the Austin tea party? And he is a LOT more conservative than she'd ever even pretend to be.

Never count KBH out, but RP isn't a campaign lightweight either. I bet the summer only gets hotter for her.

The UT poll: http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/11_1_0.html

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There's another Republican running for Governor besides K&R..

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 9:28am.

Her name is Debra Medina and she's already got my vote because she represents the People! http://www.medinafortexas.com/

Born in Beeville and raised on a South Texas farm, Debra Medina is a wife and mother, a registered nurse, a businesswoman, a rancher and a fighter.

Debra has always drawn strength from the courage of her convictions. She first got involved in politics in the early 1990s, when she saw that local leaders were not honoring the pro-life principles that guide her beliefs. Now chairing the Republican Party of Wharton County, she took the Republican Party of Texas to court in 2008 over violations in how the state convention was run.

Standing up to Goliaths is pretty much what Debra does.

She homeschooled both her children long before homeschooling had the kind of support and visibility it has today. She graduated from San Antonio’s Baptist Memorial Hospital System School of Nursing in 1984, and later earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the evangelical Christian Le Tourneau University. In 2002, she founded her own business, Prudentia Inc., which specializes in improving medical billing procedures.

Through it all, Debra has waged and won battles that were not always popular – battles that often demanded uncompromising personal sacrifice. But this kind of strength is no surprise. After all, one of her ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War. Another lost his life in the fall of 1842 in the Dawson Massacre near San Antonio, fighting to preserve Texas independence.

Today, Debra Medina continues this legacy. She stands solidly on the principles of limited government, a sound economy, individual liberty and the inviolable importance of family, community and faith.