Dear Chuckles, Drop Dead Out

Gov. Rick Perry. R-Texas, who has endorsed John McCain, called Mike Huckabee on Friday asking him to drop out of the race, according to a senior Huckabee campaign aide. Huckabee declined Perry's request.

Huckabee had asked for Perry's support earlier in the election cycle and Perry had said he would support Huckabee if he thought he could win but decided to support Rudy Giuliani instead. When Giuliani dropped out last month, Perry switched his allegiance to McCain.

  CBS

Sounds like a little cat fight to me. Our governor Perry is a piece of work, isn’t he? I wonder if Chuckles called him back today.

"I'd like to think the Republican Party is mature enough, big enough, and smart enough that it actually knows competition brings excellence. And the lack of competiton brings mediocrity," Huckabee said.

Which is how we keep getting what we keep getting. Two parties and media who play up two or three candidates for each of them does not make for much competition.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Meanwhile in Texas

Harris County government chief Ed Emmett today called for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's staff to conduct an independent investigation of local District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal in the wake of the disclosure of e-mails on Rosenthal's county government account containing racist jokes, campaign activity and sexually explicit videos.

  Houston Chronicle

The agency that would normally conduct the investigation, the County Attorney, is currently representing Rosenthal in the lawsuit which led to the discovery of the e-mails and which was filed by two guys who were arrested after filming police raiding their neighbor .

Some people actually want Rosenthal to step down, but he says he’s not budging because he’s “done nothing wrong,” although he will not seek re-election. Probably just as well.

And soon, we may be getting a look at what Governor Rick Perry has been doing on his e-mail account, too. At least those that he hadn’t already deleted in his regular account cleanings.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.