Voters will finally get their chance Tuesday to weigh in on Texas' long, rough gubernatorial primary.Unfortunately Medina still has enough support from the Tea Party crowd, despite her Truther statements to Glenn Beck, that while she will be eliminated her votes will force a run-off. Rick Perry will probably prevail in the end and be re-elected in November.
Both Republican Gov. Rick Perry and rival Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison planned a last round of public appearances in Dallas, with Hutchison stopping at a polling place and Perry, in his official role as governor, participating in a military-related Texas Independence Day celebration.
The two are vying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination along with party activist Debra Medina. Medina is a favorite of many tea party voters and could pull in enough support to force a runoff.
If no one wins a majority of Tuesday's vote, the top two finishers will face off April 13.
UPDATE: Kathryn Jean Lopez offers her prediction:
Based on nothing much, I predict Rick Perry wins without a runoff today in the Texas Republican primary. As a safety, if it does go to runoff, it will be Perry-and Kay Bailey Hutchison. and the senator will save them the long, expensive run-off campaign and drop out. Though not, of course, out of the Senate.
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After the vote Medina will be known as The Spoiler. All she is doing is taking votes away from legitimate candidates.
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