Is Kay Bailey Hutchison trying to out Texas Governor Rick Perry?

Kay Bailey Hutchison is resigning from the U.S. Senate to challenge incumbent Governor Rick Perry in the GOP primary. It's already shaping up to be a nasty intra-GOP battle.

For some reason, Hutchison's website was using the term "rick perry gay" as some kind of search term. Apparently, this was first reported in the Austin American-Statesman, but it's all over the Texas media now.

All you have to do is a google news search of "'Rick Perry' and Gay" and you'll see all the current media coverage. Do a regular google search of "'Rick Perry' and Gay" and the second of the 207,000 results is this article from the Austin Chronicle back in 2004. I'm sure no one on the Hutchison campaign knew anything about all those rumors.

Funny thing. Notice the google ads for those search terms (click on picture for larger image):


Yes, you get a link to Texans for Kay, the campaign website.


Okay, the campaign probably bought the "Rick Perry" search term. But, given the news from earlier today, it's pretty funny. And, one does wonder if the Hutchison campaign is sending a message.