Subject: Kay Bailey Hutchison

• Bi-Partisan Inspiration

  March 26, 2009

• Millions for Thousands

  August 22, 2006

• You, Snooze. We Lose.

  May 18, 2007

• Charlie Rose Talks to Kay Bailey; Should Help With the Getting to Sleep

  November 12, 2007

• Creationists, Claiming "Viewpoint Discrimination," Are Not Done Fighting With State Education Board

  July 1, 2008

• You're a Mean One, Kay Bailey

  August 26, 2008

• Peggy Noonan Calls "Bullshit" on McCain for Not Going With Kay Bailey

  September 4, 2008

• Dallas Women's Foundation is "Troubled" By Results of Latest Study

  September 24, 2008

• Sins of a Preacher Man

  Until his overthrow, Bill Price led the Texas anti-abortion movement for 17 years. Was it politics, ego, or something worse that did him in?

  August 17, 2000

• From the White House to Your House, Texas Pols' Christmas Tree Balls

  A Friend of Unfair Park, who's clearly in the holiday spirit, suggested we head back over to the White House's "A Red, White and Blue Christmas 2008" page, if only to check out local (and regional) pols' choice of ornaments hanging from the White House Christmas Tree. And, sure enough, there were a few to be had -- including the one you see at right, courtesy Kay Bailey Hutchison and James Avery, who got a lot of my hard-earned whenever I was desperate for a girlfriend's gift in high school. A f

  December 18, 2008

• Who'd Be Mayor If Leppert Left Early? And, Why Would Leppert Do It?

  Brian Harkin Is Dwaine Caraway positioning himself as Leppert's replacement? While speaking with one of Mayor Tom Leppert's consultants last month, I asked if Leppert was considering running for Kay Bailey Hutchison's senate seat. At that point, I heard he was contemplating the political leap from a few sources, but the response was something along the lines of "Right now, Tom is focused on being the best mayor he can be for the citizens of Dallas." The rumors have continued to make the rounds

  December 24, 2008

• Buzz

  November 3, 1994

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  June 15, 1995

• Buzz

  June 22, 1995

• Judge, not?

  October 26, 1995

• Events for the week

  December 14, 1995

• Snoozepaper

  January 4, 1996

• Kay Bailey Hutchison's Fellow GOP Senators Begging Her Not to Leave D.C. Just Yet

  On Tuesday, Governor Rick Perry told the Associated Press he seriously doubted Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was going to challenge him come 2010. Because, look, "there's plenty of time for the senator to think that it's not in her best interest, Texas' best interest or the country's best interest to leave the United States Senate and come run for governor." To which the U.S. Senator from Dallas responded yesterday: Guess again. (As you can see from the photo, she also spent some time on Wednesda

  January 15, 2009

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  November 20, 1997

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  June 4, 1998

• Under Pressure: Angela Hunt Sends a Letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  Hunt with State Senator Royce West in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Obama inaugurationUnfair Park today received a missive Angela Hunt sent on Wednesday to General Kenneth Cox, Colonel Christopher Martin and Ray Russo of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in which the city council member expresses concern over Mayor Tom Leppert's lobbying political officials and the Corps to "expedite its evaluation of the NTTA's levee testing plan." On Thursday, Leppert and City Manager Mary Suhm were in D

  February 14, 2009

• Slicing the pie

  February 4, 1999

• Letters

  March 30, 2000

• Sisters of Peace

  July 5, 2007

• Seriously Kinky

  This Texas Jewboy wants to be the next governor of Texas, and if you think he's kidding, the joke may be on you

  June 30, 2005

• Sacramental Beer

  Plus: Backhanded Apology

  June 23, 2005

• Take a Hike

  DADA says art is fun

  February 17, 2005

• Kiss and Makeup

  Lone Star politicians work together

  March 18, 2004

• Fire It Up

  One good thing about the Trinity

  July 3, 2003

• Tin Giant

  Let Belo buy every station in the country--makes my job easier

  June 26, 2003

• Last Chance

  Kill the river plan, save the river

  November 1, 2001

• Buzz

  Caught napping; Save that gerbil; Ill-chosen words

  April 6, 2000

• Impossible dreamer

  Fearless reformer or legal terrorist? Bobby Wightman-Cervantes makes a run for the Senate. The Texas Bar says he should have his head examined.

  March 2, 2000

• Horse with no name

  First person to call it "D2K" is gettin' firebombed

  December 30, 1999

• Buzz

  February 29, 1996

• Kay Bailey Sits Down With Dallas Tea Party to Talk Health Care Reform, 10th Amendment

  Kay Bailey Hutchison and members of the Dallas Tea Party met in her office Saturday morning.​I just found on YouTube a few clips in which Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's talking health care reform with members of the Dallas Tea Party. As it turns out, the senator met with several of their representatives Saturday morning at her Dallas offices; the Tea Party's report from the get-together can be found here, with even more video clips from which to choose. In one that's rather hard to hear, the s

  July 27, 2009

• Kay Bailey Tells Mark Davis She Will Stop Being a Senator in October or November

  Sam MertenWhy'd we run this picture of Kay Bailey standing next to Mayor Tom? No reason at all.​Via Swing State Project, we find a link to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's interview with WBAP-AM's Mark Davis this morning, in which the senator said she'll officially launch her gubernatorial campaign in August and then step down from the Senate "sometime October, November -- that time frame." According to the station's recap, in which she also casts a "no" vote for Sonia Sotomayor:Senator Hutchiso

  July 29, 2009

• Mayor Tom Leppert May Run for Senate? What, and Miss All The Fun?

  July 30, 2009

• Time: It's "Coy" Bailey Hutchison! Haw.

  ​In the wake of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's comments on WBAP yesterday -- you recall, she said she'd quit the Senate in October or November to chase Governor Rick Perry down Congress Avenue -- Time weighs in with a wrap-up that wonders, "Kay Bailey Hutchison is Running for Governor! (Or Is She?)." The piece says Hutchison's always been something of a tease when it comes to running for governor, and that, following comments made later on Wednesday in which she appeared to hedge her bets, the se

  July 30, 2009

• At Transportation Summit, Kay Bailey Hutchison Knocks Perry's Roads Record

  ​Senator and gubernatorial hopeful Kay Bailey Hutchison used her appearance today at the Transportation Summit to establish her cred as someone committed to "a state-of-the-art transportation system" while knocking Rick Perry's support for tollways and the Trans Texas Corridor. Speaking at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, Hutchison said Texas should get more than 92 cents back for each dollar sent to Washington, plugged her Highway Fairness and Reform Act of 2009 and, with a line bound

  August 14, 2009

• The Holy Trinity Bridge

  From The Trinity Trust's brand-new Web site devoted to selling Dallas on the Calatrava Bridge​As promised, The Trinity Trust today debuted its new campaign to build interest in the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and there's an accompanying Web site: Discover the Trinity. You'll also find a second, jazz-scored site pitching the previously mentioned September 25 Bridging the Trinity shindig, tickets for which are selling for $150 a pop. (Because, look, it ain't cheap to party hearty with the likes o

  August 17, 2009

• Former State Republican Party Chairman Tom Pauken Considering Run for Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate Seat

  Hal SamplesTexas Workforce Commission chairman Tom PaukenTexas Workforce Commission chairman and Dallas resident Tom Pauken has informed the offices of Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst of his interest in running for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat. "I'm taking a look at it, but I'm a long way from making a decision to get in the race," he tells Unfair Park. Pauken says he'll make his final decision if Hutchison resigns from the senate to focus on her gubern

  August 19, 2009

• Kay Bailey and Ray Hutchison, Putting the "Green" in DART's Green Line

  Ray Hutchison​"Did Kay Bailey Hutchison cross an ethical line by supporting a rail line that is a payday for her husband?" That's the question addressed in this morning's Texas Watchdog piece written by former Observer-er Matt Pulle, who examines the Texas gubernatorial candidate's involvement in procuring funds for Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Green Line -- for which Ray Hutchison's law firm, Vinson & Elkins, served as co-bond counsel when DART sold a $740 million revenue bond in July 2008

  August 20, 2009

• Burka: Mayor Tom Leppert Had a Sitdown with GOP Media Strategists About Senate Seat

  Salvation ArmySen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and her would-be replacement? Maybe?​Tuesday morning, Texas Monthly's Paul Burka took note of Schutze's column from July, in which Jim got a no-nuthin' from the mayor and his peoples concerning his interest in running for Kay Bailey Hutchison's could-come-open Senate seat. Wrote Burka, he's never taken the idea seriously, as big-city mayors haven't done well in statewide races (s'up, Ron Kirk!), but, "still, it is not too far-fetched to envision a runoff

  September 2, 2009

• Things Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Apparently Hates: Rick Perry, Iran, Iraq, Obama's Health Care Plan and TxDOT

  Sam MertenSenator Kay Bailey Hutchison criticized Governor Rick Perry in a speech to the local Republican Jewish Coalition this afternoon, claiming Texas has the country's highest property taxes, an education system with the worst dropout rate in the nation and a government growing faster than the federal government with more than 600 agencies. She said as governor she'd reform the Texas Department of Transportation. "We have the most arrogant Texas Department of Transportation of any state ag

  September 11, 2009

• Will Senate Hopeful Bill White Consider Jumping Into the Governor's Race if Kay Bailey Hutchison Keeps Her Seat? We're Still Not Sure, and We Asked Him Four Times.

  Photos by Sam MertenHouston Mayor Bill White's speech Saturday afternoon in Plano was, initially, as insipid as the front of the brochures handed out at the door touting his experience as a Sunday school teacher. "I'm here to work for you, and that's about it," White said at the Baker Bros American Deli on West Parker Road. After apologizing for arriving an hour late and introducing himself to the dozen local Democrats on hand, White -- one of several candidates lining up to battle in a potenti

  October 26, 2009

• Bringing Home the Bacon: Spokesperson Denies Bill White Will Switch to Governor's Race, and We Didn't Even Have to Ask Once

  Sam MertenHouston Mayor Bill White, who won't run for governor, even though he has a hard time saying the words himself.At the conclusion of his poorly attended campaign stop in Plano on Saturday, Houston Mayor Bill White addressed the rumors that he'll take his $6 million in campaign contributions and head over to the governor's race if Kay Bailey Hutchison hasn't left her Senate seat by the January 4 filing deadline. After all, while heavyweights Hutchison and Governor Rick Perry square off in

  October 29, 2009

• Can a Good Democrat Vote for Perry?

  November 6, 2009

• Governor Perry Likes the Stimulus Package Now? What Happened to the Tea Party?

  Danny FulgencioPerry fields questions from reporters today in Grand Hall at Union Station.The land of opportunity exists in America, and it's right here in Texas. At least, that's what Governor Rick Perry told nearly 200 folks gathered this afternoon at Union Station for the Texas Economic Development Summit. Less government results in fewer hurdles for businesses, Perry said. "Bottom line: The word's out on Texas, and the word's good." After wrapping up his eight-minute speech by saying Texa

  November 4, 2009

• Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison Are Locked In A Pitched Battle Over The Soul Of The GOP. They Are Also Running For Governor.

  November 19, 2009