Kay could have been a myth buster
HoustonChronicle.com - Casey: Kay could have been a myth buster: "Kay Bailey Hutchison had an opportunity to destroy a myth that is crippling Texas.
It is the myth that the only way to win the Republican primary — and therefore to win any statewide office and many regional ones — is to appeal to social conservatives and starve-the-government ideologues.
Hutchison had a chance to show something only a candidate with her profile and credibility, and not least of all her budget, could show: that given a credible choice, a Republican could win a Texas primary by appealing to moderates.
It's unlikely that Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn has the horsepower to be the myth buster Hutchison could have been.
Most Texans, like most other Americans, fall between the extremes."
It is the myth that the only way to win the Republican primary — and therefore to win any statewide office and many regional ones — is to appeal to social conservatives and starve-the-government ideologues.
Hutchison had a chance to show something only a candidate with her profile and credibility, and not least of all her budget, could show: that given a credible choice, a Republican could win a Texas primary by appealing to moderates.
It's unlikely that Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn has the horsepower to be the myth buster Hutchison could have been.
Most Texans, like most other Americans, fall between the extremes."
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