The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for Aug. 14, 2012
New in The Texas Tribune:
• Video: KBH on "The Daily Rundown": "As part of his series on retiring members of the U.S. Senate, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd interviewed outgoing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, on this morning's edition of MSNBC's The Daily Rundown. She talked about the disappearance of the ideological middle — though she insisted 'I am not a moderate' — as well as the 'fundamental problem' with the Obama White House."
• A&M Trying to Distance Itself from Shooting Incident: "With move-in day less than one week away, Texas A&M University officials are working ...
Comments (15)
David Thomson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I strongly disagree. Governors must be superb managers. They can usually pick up the foreign policy stuff along the way. U.S. senators leave much to be desired. Obama was the first one since JFK was elected in 1960. He has proven himself to be utterly incompetent.
Kevin Crouch via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Looks like she's still vindictive after 2010!
Lori Trammell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
In my opinions senators do not make the best governors or presidents. Get over it Kay. Governors have the executive experience. Something a lot of senators never "get"...
Stanley Moore via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oh David, just make crap up and hope it sticks. Obama's foreign policy had been awesome. He has repaired much of the damage and utter failure of the Bush administration.
Chuck Bennett via Texas Tribune on Facebook
KAY BAILEY--BABE you overstayed your time. You need to sit back and relax. You muffed your last two shots.
Samdavis
So David, you would like a competent governor like Dubya or Perry? Bush and Reagan, another GOP governor, are at the heart of what's wrong with our economy. Thank God we've had a competent president, I just wish the Congress was interested in helping more than the upper 1%.
Ron Chapman via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The Perry boys R out N force 2night. Next they're gonna embellish the foreign policy experience of Romney-Ryan. Can U C Russia better from your porch N MA than Alaska?
Dominic Giarratani via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Unless you've been POTUS before, there's on the job learning for even the best & brightest.
Neil Moyer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Last senator to become prez was JFK, generally regarded as weak/lazy senator...
Joshua W. Scott via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You know who makes for lousy presidents? Politicians.
Jim Wier via Texas Tribune on Facebook
What about FDR, one of the greatest presidents ever? KBH was a great cheerleader, but that was about ti.
Reda Dowe Smith Cavender via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The problem with governors is that they have lots of local experience, but no nationwide experience. The governor's job is completely different.
Barbara Verby Hartstein via Texas Tribune on Facebook
With the exception perhaps, of Franklin Roosevelt and his cousin Teddy.....being governor of New York prepares you for it all!
Scott Doering via Texas Tribune on Facebook
1. Good governors: the Roosevelts, Reagan and Clinton. Bad: Coolidge, Carter and Bush 43. 2. BTW Kennedy was not the last Senator elected president, Obama was a Senator for 4 years, LBJ for 12 and Nixon for 2 (although Obama is the only one to go directly from the Senate to the WH).
Ben Sargent via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So take that, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt!