Kay, Rick, Butch and Sundance
Michael Landauer, in The Dallas Morning News Opinion blog, compares the assessments by Mark Davis (in the DMN) and Glen Hunter (on Frontburner) of the race between Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick Perry for the GOP nomination for governor of Texas in 2010.
One says Perry is vulnerable because of cronyism, incompetence, and high insurance and electricity rates. The other says Perry is vulnerable because of the business activity tax, the Guardisil episode, and the Trans-Texas Corridor.
I'm reminded of the movie scene with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid arguing about jumping from a cliff into a river to escape an oncoming posse. Butch says jump. Sundance says he can't swim. Butch laughs, "The fall alone is enough to kill you."
It sounds like Davis and Hunter might not agree on what's going to be Perry's undoing, but the lists on either side are long enough that the smart money has to be on Hutchison.
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