Texas primaries are over and Perry and White won huge.  Rick Perry avoided a chance for a run-off in the three man race with 51% of Republicans voting for him.  Kay Bailey Hutchinson rounded up 30% of Republican’s votes and Debra Medina managed just 18%.  Political scientists say Rick Perry’s “Anti-Washington” message was key to his success.  While in office, Rick Perry turned down many opportunities to receive federal funding for various projects, displaying his stern conservative beliefs.  He made it clear that he wanted as little federal government interference as possible in the state of Texas.  Rick Perry carried this message over to his campaign and the result was yet again, another victory.   As for Kay Bailey and her disappointing turnout, she just could not make a strong case against the sure-shot Republican incumbent.  It is not easy to beat out a Republican incumbent that has done nothing to upset his party.  Another factor that could have accredited to her loss is her rusty campaigning skills.  Hutchinson’s establishment as a savvy politician, as well as her tactic to challenge Perry’s commitment to true conservative ideals, made her a worthy opponent.  However, she has not been involved in a tough…

In a combined effort by Attonery General Greg Abbott and Governor Rick Perry, the Texas state government has filed a law suit against the Environmental Protection Agency.  The intent of the law suit is to overturn a U.S. Supreme court ruling in 2007 giving the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Greg Abbot’s main point of argument is that the data used by the EPA is inaccurate.  Abbot gave examples of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change and the Climate Research Unit at Great Britian’s East Anglia University, (the two research groups cited the most by the EPA in the 2007 ruling), manipulating data and excluding critical information in their studies. Perry claims that Texas has already significantly reduced amounts of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emitted without government fines and mandates.  However, current data supports that Texas is responsible for up to 35 percent of the Nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.  This lawsuit is one of many efforts by Rick Perry to limit federal government interference in Texas.