A rumor is making its way through national media that Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison may announce her retirement today during an event in San Antonio. Politico is making it sound like a real deal. But Texas' own Burnt Orange Report -- a liberal blog -- would seem to have a more sensible take.
Hutchison will be joined in San Antonio by [fellow Texas senator] John Cornyn and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Chances are Cornyn and McConnell, both of whom have publicly called on Hutchison to remain in the Senate, would not travel to watch her announce her resignation.Still, one thing we all have learned is that trying to predict what Hutchison will do, even when it seems like a foregone conclusion that is less than 10 hours away, is pointless. Until she makes the announcement, no one really knows what she will decide.
Hutchison's real motivation could be the desire (the help of Politico and other bloids) for a little limelight. There's bound to be just a teensy bit of vanity in all this, you betcha.
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