Perry vs. Hutchison? Bring it on

HoustonChronicle.com - Perry vs. Hutchison? Bring it on: "But I would draw a different parallel to the 1978 election than the dreaded consequences of a primary race for Republicans. To the contrary, Republicans endanger their dominance of state politics by being as arrogant as Democrats once were. That arrogance is reflected in efforts to deny an open-field primary.

No politician deserves a free ride. If that were the standard, Clements never would have run in 1978. The Republicans had a candidate: former Republican state Chairman Ray Hutchison the husband of now Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. But the well-funded newcomer who had no political experience, Bill Clements, blew away the party loyalist."