The Washington Post cited the possible 2010 Texas matchup between Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in an article about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (who has endorsed Perry).
The Post's Michael Leahy cast the Perry-Hutchison race (assuming both run when all's said and done) in dramatic terms, saying that Palin "has taken sides in a war for the soul of the newly beleaguered Republican Party in Texas, where that state's senior GOP senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison, plans to challenge Republican Gov. Rick Perry in a primary fight that may serve as an early indicator of social conservatives' strength in the GOP nationally."
No doubt Perry enjoys that description.
He's been touting on Twitter his op-ed in the Washington Times that's headlined, "PERRY: Belief in individual at conservatism's core."