The Texas Tribune‘s Emily Ramshaw has an interesting piece today asking why Kay Bailey Hutchison has steered clear of attacking Rick Perry for the state’s multiple “social-service” debacles. We’re talking about powerful messes involving children such as that sex-abuse scandal at the state’s youth prisons, a fighting ring at a state institution for the disabled and, worst of all, fatal screwups at Texas Child Protective Services.
It’s a great question. Early last year, top Hutchison advisers predicted that Perry’s lousy appointments–and more importantly the incompetence and worse they led to at agencies like these–would be a key feature of her campaign. Didn’t happen; call it a major missed opportunity. Guess Kay’s decision to lay off also supports the assertion that she has ignored the good advice of those around her and is living now with the consequences.
