I'm voting for Perry.
Here's what I base my decision on. I've been pretty active in Texas Republican Party politics for many years, so I've had the opportunity to be in the same room with both Perry and KBH in smaller group meetings (not implying that I know either personally other than handshaking). Both have attended Republican Women club meetings I've been at on many occasions over the years.
My opinion of watching them mingle in this type of small crowd setting is that Perry is still a very genuine down to earth type that you could walk up to on the street and he'd give you a big smile and stop and say hello. KBH on the other hand, wouldn't have much time for you unless you are in a position where she could use you. Perry is the type that will stop and have his picture made with anyone that asks even in non-election years, whereas KBH can't be bothered unless she knows you hold a title and the picture might get into print for her benefit. KBH doesn't usually mingle in with the common folk peons, she stays to the back, then usually leaves the room immediately after her speech - whereas Perry usually would speak then sit and stay for the rest of the meeting, willing to mingle awhile and answer a few questions and shake hands. That is just my own personal observations I've seen of them both.
Putting personality aside, and looking just at policies and who would be best for the State, honestly I can't make much of a case for one over the other. Both of them have made decisions that I didn't agree with, and both of them have had their good points. I'd be ok with either of them, but think I'll vote for Gov. Good Hair again. I think he's closer to the people of Texas than KBH.
I also think KBH is making a mistake in the way she's running her campaign ads. She is getting pretty ruthless in attacking Perry. I've been getting some pretty nasty mailings. While she was in DC she never had anything bad to say about the way Perry was governing. Now all of a sudden her fangs are out and she's decided out of the blue to tell us how he's run Texas into the ground? Why wasn't she pointing all this out to us before. Because she was too busy working for us in D.C.? He was here working on Texas issues, she was there working on national issues not paying attention to the state level apparently. Now all of a sudden she's telling us what all he's been doing wrong?
I know she did a lot of good for Texas, and we were lucky to have such a strong force representing us in DC. But I can't help but have this feeling like she's an outsider swooping in now to tell us all how we need to be doing things. It's like when your kid goes off to college and then comes home 4 years later and wants to tell you how ignorant you are now that they are so worldly. Yes, I'm thinking with emotion and not logic here, but that's just the feeling I get. I just resent the way she wants to come back and tell us what all is wrong in Austin when she wasn't even there for the past 17 years.
I'd have been more inclined to vote for her if she had just said I'm ready to get back to my Texas roots and come home, and while Perry's served Texas well, I think it's time for a change. That message would have made me look at her more kindly and I may have thought, yeah a change might be good. But I resent the way she's attacking him only now that it's election time, when she didn't seem to have a problem with him before.
I guess bottom line of what all that above translates into, is that to me she is more of a "ruthless politician" in it for herself first and Texas second, whereas Perry is just an old Aggie enjoying the title. So I'll admit I'm voting on emotional appeal rather than issues in this race, since issues are about equal to me for the two.
Medina's a non-issue after that truther crap.
