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Kay sera, sera: whatever she'll do, she'll do. In the meantime, here's what her "consultants" are telling her about the governor's race.

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TO: Senator Hutchison

FROM: Your political consultancy

RE: 2006 Republican primary

Our firm is very excited about the prospect of representing you in your upcoming race for ... well, to be perfectly frank, that's why we have taken this opportunity to write you. Now that we've signed up with your campaign, we sure would like to know exactly what office you will be campaigning for. The governorship? A third term in the Senate? The vice presidency in 2008? Can't you give us just a little hint about what you plan to do? After all, the primary is less than a year away.

We're not the only ones who want to know. All those ambitious pols down in Texas are twiddling their thumbs while you make up your mind. Not that you owe them anything; most of the statewide officials--except Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who may run for governor herself--have already endorsed Rick Perry. It's a toss-up who's more craven: Perry for asking them this early or them for doing it. Now you're holding up their game of musical chairs, especially in the case of David Dewhurst, the lieutenant governor. He wants to succeed Perry in 2010, but if you beat Perry, he's stuck in his current job for eight more years. So he might opt to run for your Senate seat, leaving his job open and touching off another mad scramble. Congressman Henry Bonilla, of San Antonio, has already said he'll run for the Senate if you don't. Strayhorn and Attorney General Greg Abbott would look at the lite gov's office Dewhurst would be vacating, and railroad commissioner Michael Williams...

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