This is very surprising, for several reasons. First, neither Governor Perry nor Senator Hutchison have declared their candidacy yet, although it’s pretty much a sure thing that Perry will run for re-election. (He’s already the longest-serving governor in Texas history.)
Second, neither candidate is particularly more conservative than the other. Sen. Hutchison is markedly more conservative than the junior Senator (John Cornyn); yet she’s had her share of poor choices over the years. But most importantly, Kay Bailey Hutchison has the appearance of leading the fight against the Obama-ites in the Senate [/sarcasm], while Rick Perry just reneged on his promise to NOT take the stimulus money.
Hutchison with large lead over Perry
If the Republican primary were held today, Rick Perry’s tenure as Governor of Texas would be coming to an end, the newest survey from Public Policy Polling finds. Perry trails Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 56-31 among likely GOP primary voters.
Hutchison is viewed favorably by 75% of voters likely to vote in the Republican primary, while 60% have a positive opinion of Perry.
Another problem for Perry is that Hutchison leads with every subgroup of the population PPP tracks by gender, race, and age. There is a slight gender gap with Hutchison leading by 28 among women and 22 with men but it’s still a substantial lead either way.
PPP was the most accurate pollster in the Texas Republican primary for President last year.
Full results here.
Change!
~~JD~~
Actually I’m not real impressed with either of them, but which one has the Palin endorsement?
I’ll admit that I don’t know that much about either, but Hutchinson doesn’t strike me as a conservative. On the other hand I wasn’t thrilled with Perry’s Gardisil decision.
Well two cents from somebody who doesn’t have a “dog in this fight” living up in Iowa.
You’re joking about Hutchison standing up to the Obamaites, right? I mean, you were being sarcastic, most likely, I would assume.
She was one of only five Republicans to vote with Obama on the Lily Ledbetter Act: http://thenewagenda.net/2009/02/27/five-republican-supporters-for-equal-pay/
She sided against Cornyn and other conservatives on confirming Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary.
She voted to expand socialized medicine through the CHIP program.
This is all this year alone. It’s stunning how many times Hutchison has sided with the Democrats over the years on key legislation.
Hutchison is NOT more conservative than Cornyn, and she’s NOT more conservative than Perry. Not even close.
Will, you were quite correct. Sometimes my (very dry) sense of humor does not quite come through. I’ve corrected the post to reflect my original intent – which you correctly deduced – above. Good catch.
~~JD~~
[...] 7. Rick Perry – When he ran for governor, he promised to secure the Texas / mexico border. As soon as he was elected, he totally reneged on the promise. He also got a new business tax approved that was supposed to relieve residential property tax payers of their crushing taxes. Not only are business paying taxes they didn’t have to pay prior to 2008, homeowners are paying more property tax. [...]