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Coy has been U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's middle name ever since she floated the notion that she might challenge fellow Republican Governor Rick Perry in the Texas gubernatorial race. She made hints about the 2006 race but backed off, then did the same for the one coming in...
Hutchison told Capitol Hill reporters she would not announce her departure date because "I am trying to fulfill my responsibilities here before I leave." Besides, she suggested, things would work out a whole lot better if Perry would just declare he is not running, and then she could stay in...
That in-and-out attitude is frustrating Hutchison's would-be Senate successors, both Democrats and Republicans, who are chomping at the bit to get a definite step-down date from her. (Special elections in Texas are always a roll of the dice; Hutchison herself first won election to the...
As for Perry, it's always ladies first. In June he suggested that instead of him giving up his hopes for another term, Hutchison might abandon her bid for the governorship. A battle between Perry and Hutchison would be epic - both have deep support in the state, have raised big...
Read "Bush Returns to a Divided Texas Republican Party."