As published for The Arena on Politico.com on March 3rd, 2010:

What does Kay Bailey Hutchison’s crushing loss in the Texas gubernatorial primary say about anti-D.C. anger?

There was a definitive anti-Washington sentiment in the Texas vote yesterday. Just because Sen. Hutchison lost handily doesn’t mean Democrats should take any comfort in the idea that voter anger isn’t about them, as well.

Democrats have control of the levers of power and voters are mightily upset at the spending largess coming out of Congress. KBH lost because Gov. Perry successfully tied her to out of control spending.

Democrats are going to have a very hard time making the case that they are more fiscally responsible than their opponents, particularly if they lock arms with President Obama and cram through their trillion dollar health care takeover.

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