It may be hard to believe, but I don’t know who I’m going to vote for.

This primary season, there are a wealth of local elections that are hard to get interested in. I am, however, deeply interested in the race for the Republican candidacy for Texas governor as, for all intents and purposes, the winner will be Texas governor.

So, here are my choices:

Rick Perry
Pros: Conservative track record. Incumbent while Texas is doing “pretty well.” Years of experience in hard-ball Texas politics.
Cons: Sleaze-ball Austin politician whom I’m never sure is telling the truth. Campaigns like a play ground bully. Texas is doing “pretty well” but could be better. King of toll roads.

Kay Bailey Hutchison
Pros: Decades of legislative experience. *Mostly* conservative track record.
Cons: Not pro-life enough for my tastes. I’m not sold on her economic record – She seems a little too much Washington tax and spendy. Stooped to Texas style mud-slinging campaign that devolved to Kay and Rick shouting, “Nuh uh,” at each other.

Debra Medina
Pros: Outsider. Fresh face with fresh ideas. Hard core conservative. Running a clean campaign (so far).
Cons: Absolutely no political experience – Austin hard-ball politics will eat her alive. The more I listen to her, the more she sounds like Libertarian-Isolationist-Ron-Paul whacko, including legalizing drugs. Her tax strategy is very dangerous. Could lead to an actual contest against the Democrats in November.

The fourth option is to not vote. To me that’s always been a non-option. I’m of the school that teaches if you don’t vote, you don’t have the right to complain if you don’t like what’s going on.

I have been leaning toward Medina, but I can’t shake the feeling that she’s the Conservative version of Kinky Freedman and, if she got the nod, might well and truly lose to a strong Democrat.

So, here I am, left between a rock, a hard place, and a Libertarian. What to do? What to do?