Rumor of New Years Kay Bailey Hutchison Resignation Swirls

[ccharles000]

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/9333/rumor-of-kay-bailey-hutchison-resignation-swirl

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, according to several reliable sources, has been telling Republicans in the past week that her current plan is to send Gov. Rick Perry a letter next month announcing her intention to resign from office effective on either Dec. 31 or Jan. 1.

By doing that, Hutchison remains in the Senate through this fall's health care debate while also giving Republicans who want to run for other offices when the dominos fall a chance to shuffle their campaigns. The two most obvious instances are Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who likely wants to run for Hutchison's Senate seat, and Attorney General Greg Abbott who wants to run for lieutenant governor.

[TheKentuckian]

1. Unfortunately, the result will be someone crazier than Kay B in the Senate

not that it matters a whole lot. It wasn't like we could count on her vote for anything but the most brazen abuses of women/children and that very occasionally.

[musette_sf]

2. and she's already as crazy as a Kraft recipe

[kestrel91316]

3. Let me guess - she's not gonna run again, so she doesn't want to be a

"lame duck"???

[tammywammy]

4. She's running for governor n/t