Anti-Washington fervor continues

Hey, Arlen Specter, did you see what happened in Texas, where Sen. Kay Hutchison, a longtime Washington insider, was trounced in the GOP primary for governor?

Voters across the nation are rejecting Washington at the polls every chance they get.

From POLITICO:

DRIFTWOOD, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry's 21-point thrashing of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in Tuesday's GOP gubernatorial primary offers the most vivid illustration yet of the potency of an anti-Washington message in an already volatile political environment.

Perry, who will now run for his third full term against former Houston Mayor Bill White, lashed Hutchison as an earmark-and-bailout-loving Beltway creature while railing against a Democratic president he portrayed as a socialist bent on trampling states’ rights.

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Rick Perry wins big; 2012 run? - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com