What this says to me is that Hutchison is unelectable in 2012. Her base has been compromised, and there is a large constituency that is already aligned against her. Clearly the door is open for Dewhurst or Roger Williams or Dan Patrick, or Michael Williams, or just about anybody with name recognition to challenge her. This poll isn’t going to help her fundraising either.
I think he might be right, even if he is basing his assertion on that shoddy poll...
I still think she can recover, but she has to take much bolder action in terms of being a team player... her speech with Rick at the Republican Convention in Dallas got mixed reviews... some felt she still had animosity toward Rick despite her self deprecating jokes... some also felt she was a little defensive... Wayne Slater basically panned the speech and the whole thing but then again he is a liberal editorialist...
Still, I think Kay has missed some chances to really go out of her way and bring the party back together... and she would be well served to take up a few high profile conservative causes and run with them... also admit she was wrong on the bailout and some of the other issues that got her in so much trouble during the primary...
Right now I think there is a strong sentiment in favor of having a new senator from Texas instead of Kay in 2012... but if the alternative continues to be a muddled field of a dozen wannabes I think she goes into 2012 a lot stronger than she did in March 2010...
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