Palin backs Perry over Hutchison
By Sean J. Miller - 02/08/10 11:13 AM ET
Sarah Palin knocked Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) as a Washington insider during a rally with Gov. Rick Perry (R) in Houston Sunday.
"So on March 2 you have a clear choice," Palin said during her first campaign appearance of 2010. "I want to hear Texas, what's it gonna be: the way they operate in D.C. or the way y'all get things done in Texas?"
Perry, already the state's longest-serving governor, is seeking a third term. He faces Hutchison in next month's GOP primary.
Palin backs Perry over Hutchison - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
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Governor (Republican) Votes In: 100%
Rick Perry (I) 51.1%
Kay Bailey Hutchison 30.3%
Debra Medina 18.6%
Politics and election news | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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Texans overwhelmingly chose the more conservative candidate between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison. The mainstream media will attempt to display these results as simple "anti-Washington DC" sentiment, when in fact, it is far more a repudiation against Big Government liberalism. Hutchison was widely viewed as a John McCain style Republican - Perry the staunch anti-DC states-rights governor. The people spoke with a landslide primary victory for Perry.
And Sarah Palin is among that handful of conservative political figures who appear to have the finger on the pulse of current American sentiment.
All signs continue to point to a major reset election in 2010, and Palin will continue to play a significant role...
By Sean J. Miller - 02/08/10 11:13 AM ET
Sarah Palin knocked Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) as a Washington insider during a rally with Gov. Rick Perry (R) in Houston Sunday.
"So on March 2 you have a clear choice," Palin said during her first campaign appearance of 2010. "I want to hear Texas, what's it gonna be: the way they operate in D.C. or the way y'all get things done in Texas?"
Perry, already the state's longest-serving governor, is seeking a third term. He faces Hutchison in next month's GOP primary.
Palin backs Perry over Hutchison - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
_____
Governor (Republican) Votes In: 100%
Rick Perry (I) 51.1%
Kay Bailey Hutchison 30.3%
Debra Medina 18.6%
Politics and election news | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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Texans overwhelmingly chose the more conservative candidate between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison. The mainstream media will attempt to display these results as simple "anti-Washington DC" sentiment, when in fact, it is far more a repudiation against Big Government liberalism. Hutchison was widely viewed as a John McCain style Republican - Perry the staunch anti-DC states-rights governor. The people spoke with a landslide primary victory for Perry.
And Sarah Palin is among that handful of conservative political figures who appear to have the finger on the pulse of current American sentiment.
All signs continue to point to a major reset election in 2010, and Palin will continue to play a significant role...