This one baffles me. Former Vice-President Dick Cheney is backing Kay Bailey Hutchison over Conservative Rick Perry in the race for Governor of the State of Texas. Now, I won’t go so far as to call Hutchison a RINO. She is a moderate conservative in my view, and nowhere near the RINO status of a Lincoln Chaffee or Susan Collins. That being said, she is a moderate conservative and Gov. Perry is definitely a conservative. I am not sure what usual argument prevails here to support Hutchison over Perry. He is a Conservative Governor who is popular, who can obviously win, and is an incumbent. Cheney is usually pretty right on the nose when it comes to conservatism, so I wonder if this is more personal (as in a favor owed or a personal friendship). In any case, it is puzzling.
H/T: The Patriot Room
