By Lynn Woolley

March 3, 2010

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is living under the cloud of a solemn promise.  When she announced for governor, she told us she would resign the Senate -- win or lose.  Turned out that “lose” is the operative word -- with only thirty percent of the vote.  That means if Hutchison has a political future, it’s right where she is now -- in the United States Senate.

By Lynn Woolley

February 10, 2010

A funny thing happened on the way to the Texas primary.  Or, a not-so funny thing if you happen to be a career politician.  The rise of Debra Medina, a former also-ran candidate considered by the Perry and Hutchison folks to be nothing more than a gadfly, should not have been a surprise considering what happened in Massachusetts.  So let us be the first to say it:  unless trends change, Mrs. Medina is likely to face off against Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican runoff.

By Lynn Woolley

February 6, 2010

Here we go again.  Another political campaign is knee-deep in mud and the people of Texas are left wondering if “none of the above” might be the best choice.  Libertarian-minded Debra Medina is seeing her polling numbers rise while Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison do their best to destroy each other.

By Lynn Woolley

January 13, 2010 (Dallas Morning News 1/15/10)

If there ever was a microcosm, the special election to fill a vacant Senate seat in Massachusetts is it.  The liberal, Kennedy-family-approved state Attorney General Martha Coakley will likely win.  But there’s a chance she could lose to the upstart Republican, Scott Brown.