Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison "So Pleased" To Have Dick Cheney Endorsement

Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Dave Montgomery | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Former Vice President Dick Cheney is supporting U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Texas governor's race and will formally unveil his endorsement a...

Cheney Endorsing Hutchison Over Perry In Texas

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Dick Cheney will throw his support behind U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's campaign for Texas governor. H...

Perry-Hutchison Fight May Cause Major Fallout In GOP

Fort Worth Star Telegram | ANNA M. TINSLEY | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics


Texas Democrats watching the state's top two Republicans fight for their party's gubernatorial nomination are glad that Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. ...

Texas GOP Lawmakers Who Voted Against Recovery Act Now Beg For Stimulus Funds

Think Progress | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Every single Republican in the House voted against the $819 billion Recovery Act in January. Among the Republican senators who voted against the stimu...

Czarist Nonsense

John McQuaid | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


John McQuaid

Demagoguery and aggrievement are nothing new in American politics. But what's strange is the scattershot nature and incoherence of the attacks on Obama. It's a communist-fascist-socialist word salad.

Gov. Rick Perry's Anti-Washington Rhetoric is Political Double Talk

Matt Mackowiak | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Matt Mackowiak

If you conduct a Google search for "Rick Perry" and "Washington," it turns out that you get 793,000 results. In the past 30 days alone there have been 1,116 news stories with the same search terms.

"Rick Perry Gay" Hidden On Hutchison Campaign Website

Austin-American Statesman | W. Gardner Selby | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


This morning, I came across a Web site for U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's gubernatorial campaign. A provocative twist: The site may have been jui...

Kay Bailey Hutchison Will Resign For Gubernatorial Race

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said in a radio interview that she expects to step down from the Senate around October or November to battle fellow Rep...

Perry Hutchinson Texas Gov. Primary To Be A "Slugfest"

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry is ready to raise campaign cash, while Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may finally be ready to raise a ruckus as the R...

GOP Senators OK With Race-Based Sotomayor Attacks

AP | BEN FELLER and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Venturing into a tradition of protocol and politics, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor prepared Monday to greet the senators wh...

Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

The Most Powerful Women In America Are GOP Senators: Nate Silver

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


No, not Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Valerie Jarrett, and Christina Romer. Instead, the most powerful women in America might be the club of four Rep...

GOP Sen. Hutchison Moves Towards TX Gov. Run

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics


Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Thursday took the first step toward a run for governor, setting the stage for a contentious challenge in 2010 again...

Suckering The Fundamentalists, Again

Christine Wicker | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home


Christine Wicker

The Christian kingmakers forced McCain to pass up more experienced candidates. They won and, heady with their victory, the faithful rushed back into the Republican fold, and they'll get nothing again as a result.

More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

John McCain Hands the Democrats a Gift

Matt Littman | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Matt Littman

McCain makes fun of Obama for being a celebrity -- McCain just pulled off the political equivalent of Britney Spears' wedding to Jason Alexander.

McSame's McVeep: A Token of His Esteem...

Linda Hansen | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home


Linda Hansen

This time McCain's tin ear for -- and lack of commitment to -- the true worth of women invades the public sphere. He refused to choose a qualified Republican woman and, in doing so, his contempt for women is showing like an oversized slip beneath a mini-skirt.

For VP Choice -- Majority of Women Voters Say Gender Does Not Matter

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

Ironically, the statistics gathered showed that selecting a woman for the number two position would result in a net negative for McCain.