Tuesday, August 25, 2009

OP ED: A Winning Strategy?

A Winning Strategy?

By Matt Mackowiak

Austin American-Statesman

August 13, 2009

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/editorial/stories/2009/08/13/0813mackowiak_edit.html

With just months until the GOP primary for governor, the next major decision to shape the race is if and when U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will resign to run full-time.

State law does not require that Hutchison resign her Senate seat to run for governor, only that she not serve simultaneously in federal and state office. The decision to resign is complicated, fraught with potential risks and brings clear advantages and disadvantages.