Texas election results 2010 & Texas governor race: Gov. Rick Perry wins Republican primary election

Driftwood, Texas: Texas election results 2010 & Texas governor race: Gov. Rick Perry wins Republican primary election. Texas Gov. Rick Perry won his state's Republican primary against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. On Tuesday, Hutchison called up Perry to admit defeat as initial trends showed the governor as cursing to a comfortable victory in primary.

"Now we must unite," she said. "We must win Texas for Republicans."

Victory of popular governor in primary will be a bitter experience for Washington, which is already feeling bad with a few frequent GOP wins in Virginia, New Jersey and most recently in Massachusetts. 

"I think the message is pretty clear," Perry said after her victory in Austin. "Conservatism has never been stronger than it is today."

He commended that message to Washington is simple: "Quit spending all the money," he said. "Stop trying to take over our lives and our businesses."

In general elections, the former Houston mayor Bill White is Perry's Democratic opponent. White has won over six opponents in the Democratic primary.

Perry took a remarkable majority over Hutchison. When nearly two-thirds of precincts' results were known Perry managed a 20-point lead over his opponent. Another opponent Debra Medina,  GOP activist and enjoying strong support from Tea Party movement just finished third.  

Meanwhile, White Bill commented that Perry will nationalize Texas election. Bill jokingly predicted that he will fight against Obama and raise national issues rather than local.     

"He'll run against President Obama," White said in an interview. "That's probably for his own political career. I think he wants to run for president. I'm just running for the people of Texas. It shouldn't be about a party or who's doing what to whom in Washington."

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jim bunning senator

Days later, as a deal emerges, Bunning backs down

For five days, retiring Sen. Jim Bunning held his fellow Republicans hostage. He stood his ground, angry and alone, a one-man blockade against unemployment benefits, Medicare payments to doctors, satellite TV to rural Americans and paychecks to highway workers.

"Enough," the Kentucky Republican thundered repeatedly, his face red, as he stood in the way of Washington spending more money he said it didn't have on an extension of popular programs. Finally, as supporters and critics yelled at each other outside his Lexington office, he capitulated from the well of the Senate on Tuesday night.

Relentless attacks from Democrats and withering support from Republicans, worried that the Hall of Fame pitcher was turning the party's message of principled objection to raging obstructionism, ended Bunning's stand. He had forced about 2,000 federal employees into furloughs and imperiled jobless benefits for millions.

And he had forced some in his own caucus to distance themselves. Early next year, Bunning will conclude a Senate career studded with impolitic comments, and he appears long past taking any direction or advice from GOP leaders.

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The resolution emerged after several hours of uneasy negotiations Tuesday, during which the staff of Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) dealt with the staff of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), which dealt with Bunning's staff. Having demanded three amendment votes on the extensions bill, Bunning settled for one Tuesday and the promise of more later in the week.

Bunning's amendment, which failed with only 43 votes in support, called for the $10 billion package of temporary extensions to be offset with the end of a lucrative tax credit for paper companies on a wood byproduct called "black liquor."

REFERENCE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030300122.html?hpid=topnews