Last week, you will recall that we told you about Karl Rove coming to Texas to raise funds for various Republican candidates for Texas House. Today, Capitol Annex has learned that a fundraiser with Rove for Kay Bailey Hutchison is also in the works.
Hutchison is strongly considering a run for Texas Governor against Rick Perry in 2010. The Rove fundraiser is reportedly a tactic to scare Perry out of the 2010 race.
It’s no secret that there has been no love lost between the Bush and Perry camps over the years, and that Hutchison regards the current governor with disdain. Adding Rove to the mix spices things up a bit heading toward 2010.
August 4, 2008 at 1:55 pm
State Representative, John Davis (R-Houston), recently spent a cool $1,537.15 on his foot ware. The impending 2010 steel cage death match to be the Republican nominee for Texas Governor looks more and more interesting. Rovewill raise moneyfor Hutchison, who has become ranking member of the Commerce Committee since Ted Stevens had to give up his positions. Perry is stepping all over Republicans trying to raise money this cycle with his aggressive fundraising for reelection. Kuff
December 11, 2008 at 4:00 am
Gov. Rick Perry has named his lead consultants for the 2010 gubernatorial campaign. They are — drumroll, please — political advisor David Carney, pollster Mike Baselice and media consultant David Weeks. This news after Vince atCapitol Annex anouncedKarl Rove is come to scare Rick Perry out of running for Governor fundraise for KBH. Other than Rove, Kay Bailey has been coy with who will be running her campaign. What this does signal is Rick Perry is gearing up for a fight.
July 29, 2008 at 5:52 am
[...] plants, the HPV controversy, his hostility to the education community, both public and higher.And Capitol Annex has some interesting news, as well. Karl Rove is reportedly going to hold a Texas fundraiser for [...]
August 5, 2008 at 7:47 am
[...] try for governor, reports Dallas Blog. More from Capitol Annex. Also on the KBH front, Annex says she’s cooking up an event featuring the notorious Karl [...]
December 9, 2008 at 4:47 pm
[...] on news that Karl Rove is fundraising for U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, we learn today that Gov. Rick Perry has named his [...]
December 10, 2008 at 10:37 am
[...] has centered on whether Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Dallas) was taking steps, namely, in her informal advising relationship with Karl Rove and her early announcement of a gubernatorial exploratory committee, to scare Texas Gov. Rick Perry [...]