Kay Bailey Hutchison's Big Fall

[babylonsister]

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/06/25/hutchisons_big_fall.html

June 25, 2010

Hutchison's Big Fall


Since losing her gubernatorial bid, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) has shown interest in running for reelection in 2012. However, a new Public Policy Polling survey in Texas finds her approval dropping from 58% to 37% in the last 16 months.

Furthermore, only 35% of voters think she should seek another term in 2012 while 48% think it's time for her to hang it up.

[Vampire Knight]

1. I'm not surprised.

She really stuck her neck out. She went against her own party too. If she vacated her seat to run for Governor in the general election, it is possible that the Republicans would not have found a suitable replacement to run, and would have been left out to dry by her ambitions. That seat could have been scooped up by a Democrat. Then again, it still may. And the discussion of this situation was going on while the Democrats were still just one seat shy of 60 in the Senate.