Kay Bailey Hutchison Being Stalked by Texas Governor?

Posted on March 24, 2005

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is expected to give up her U.S. Senate seat in 2006 in order to run for governor of Texas. Of course, Governor Rick Perry (R) is less than thrilled about those plans, as he has no intention of moving out of the governor's mansion any time soon. Now, Senator Hutchison's aides have accused Perry of stalking the senator, and it appears to be true.

The governor admitted that he paid $2000 to film Senator Hutchison--horror of all horrors--hugging Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton after Clinton introduced her at speaking engagement March 3rd at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senator Clinton actually engaged in complimentary pleasantries in her introduction of Senator Hutchison. An edited, 46 second clip of the moment has been winding its way around the Internet, apparently to reveal that Kay Bailey Hutchison....mmmm, not sure what it's supposed to show exactly. That she has good manners? That she can be civil to a fellow Democratic Senator in public? With two high-profile Republicans duking it out in the primary and Kinky Friedman trying to get on the ballot as an Independent (it's never happened in Texas--ever), this is shaping up to be one wild governor's race.