“The issue (of restoring the Union) is distinct, simple and inflexible.
It is an issue which can only be tried by war and decided by victory.”
— Abraham Lincoln, 1864
Despite the recent demise of the Republican Party
nationally, its candidates still hold all the statewide offices in Texas, and
that unified record should stay the same in 2010. The outcome of the
Perry-Hutchison face-off will answer the question in the front of most
political analysts’ minds these days: Do the majority of today’s Republicans
favor the far-right conservative Perry approach or the more mainstream
Hutchison perspective?
Experts anticipate in next year’s Republican primary that only 700,000 Texans will vote, while the two gubernatorial candidates are expected to spend, combined, $60 million on the race. Do the math. That comes to $86 per vote as the cost of what it takes to do business in Texas politics these days.
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