AUSTIN -- Days after Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said she was "so pleased" to accept an endorsement of her gubernatorial campaign from former Vice President Dick Cheney, incumbent Gov. Rick Perry accepted a big endorsement as well.
The political arm of the Texas Medical Association made their endorsement at their headquarters Monday morning.
While the 156-year-old association of doctors and other medical professionals endorsed Perry for governor in 2006, they also endorsed Hutchison in her campaign to be re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
Leaders of the organization said the governor has done more over the last four years for doctors in Texas.
In accepting the endorsement, the governor took an opportunity to tweak federal proposals to revamp healthcare in America.
"The one-size fits all approach (is) just not going to work," the governor said. "It hinders our ability to apply local fixes to local problems."
While the association's endorsement of Perry may go a long way with its members, experts said endorsements have limited efficacy in a race between to candidates very well-known to the electorate.
Anonymous said on November 3, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Well of course he did! Perry is the king of getting his pockets lined by big corporations. The Republicans keep yelling the same arguments for healthcare, but have done NOTHING to help the citizens battle healthcare costs. The GOP doesnt care about anyone who makes under 2 million dollars a year. People need to wake up and smell the coffee.
rukidding said on November 4, 2009 at 10:01 PM
OMG - I have lived in Texas for almost 4 years...and since coming, I've been treated by more unintelligible doctors. I have never in my life dealt with the worst healthcare. Texas is so behind. This comes from just landing in the ER from a doctor prescribing me another drug that if I DIDN"T have enough knowledge about my own illness and reading the intenet, he would of KILLED ME!!! I have gone to 12 doctors since I have moved here...because one pushes off my illness to another and another and another. It's just stress related hives...most likely gotten from dealing with the healthcare system. PLEASE LEARN ABOUT HEALTHCARE TEXAS!!! PLEASE CHECK OUT THE EPIC SYSTEM (NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT WAS DEVELOPED BY JUDY FALKNER IN WISCONSIN), TO KEEP ALL HOSPITALS & DOCTORS KNOWING EVERYTHING ON ONE (1) COMPUTER SYSTEM. PLEASE Texas (Perry), learn about HEALTHCARE....GO TO WISCONSIN!!!