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Dick Cheney To Campaign For Kay Bailey Hutchison In Texas Gubernatorial Primary
Eric Kleefeld | October 28, 2009, 2:08PM
Fmr. VP Dick Cheney and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney may have left office overwhelmingly unpopular with the country at large, but he's headed back on the campaign trail -- to endorse Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) in her campaign for governor, challenging incumbent Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary.
Cheney is scheduled to attend a Hutchison fundraiser on November 17, an environment of Texas Republicans where he's probably still more popular than not.
In terms of endorsements, each candidate has a big GOP name in their corner. Cheney is for Hutchison, while Perry has previously been endorsed by Sarah Palin.
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CN
October 28, 2009 2:45 PM
The start time for the Nov. 17 fundraiser will be pushed back to accomodate the former VP's aversion to sunlight.
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SchrodingersCat
October 28, 2009 2:51 PM in reply to CN
LOL!
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MSNY
October 28, 2009 2:59 PM
Hmmm...TX,NY23,VA...looks like the party is fracturing....
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Icon
October 28, 2009 5:12 PM
This is good for both KBH and the state of Texas. KBH isn't on the list of politicians I have a positive opinion of, but she's still a heck of a lot less crazy than Perry.
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Msinformed
October 28, 2009 5:49 PM in reply to Icon
"a heck of a lot less crazy than Perry" still leaves a lot of room for Kay's crazy!! It's cheerleader VS. cheerleader!
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lousgirl84
October 28, 2009 5:38 PM
Having Dick Cheney campaign for you IMO is not such a great thing, unless I guess, in Texas.
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Jakcarr
October 29, 2009 6:19 AM
It's good news for Texas Democrats. Our state party has been in the wilderness for a very long time, despite mighty efforts by grassroots activists. We have had successes in electing Democratic majorities in the city and county governments of Dallas, and close to one in Harris (Houston) County, but we still have very few Democrats with statewide name recognition and can't seem to manage pulling off getting someone elected at the state or national level. A GOP civil war here (and just a little love from the DSCC) could give former Houston Mayor Bill White the edge he needs to win that senate seat. We're not going to hold our breath and wait for the DSCC, though.
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oskieoskie
October 29, 2009 9:23 AM in reply to Jakcarr
Now if we can just get Ronnie Earle to run for governor.
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