Kay Hutchison may be appointed to Ambassador to Great Britain

[Joe Biden 2020]

http://www.politics1.com/

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, President Bush may have found a way to keep the Texas Governor's Mansion in the lease of current Governor Rick Perry.  President Bush may nominate Kay Bailey Huchison, a moderate Republican, to US Ambassador to the Court of St James (Great Britain).

If this happens, Rick Perry is almost a shoe-in for at least the GOP nomination and possibly the Governor's Mansion and Texas will have a GOP US Senate seat open.

That could be a possible Democratic steal if they could grab the Texas US Senate seat.  That means there would probably be a special election for the seat within 100 days or so after Kay vacates the seat.

Strategic possible move on President Bush's part, I think.

[Joe Biden 2020]

He may be able to appoint someone temporarily.  Either until Kay's term is up, or until 2006, or something.  It may be the same thing Massachusetts would have had to do with John Kerry's seat if he had won the White House.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Kay has, just yesterday, explicitly denied interest in the Ambassador post.  She is still thinking about challenging Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) in the GOP primary in 2006.  However, if she wanted to stay in the Senate, she would be offered the #3 leadership post the Senate Republican Conference Chair in the 110th Congress (2007-2008).

www.politics1.com has this story (look under Thursday News Update)

[Joe Biden 2020]

President Bush may nominate Kay Bailey Huchison, a moderate Republican, to US Ambassador to the Court of St James (Great Britain).

Hutchison a "moderate"

Yer funny.

Moderate socially -- (supports women's right to choose).  I don't know about her economically.