He certainly sounds like a candidate here:
“Tricia [Dewhurst’s wife] and I have prayed about it. I’m not here to be making any announcement; I’d rather be doing that in a couple of weeks,” Dewhurst said. “I love Texas … and for anyone going to Washington, it’s a hardship. But I just think there seems to be a lack of understanding in Washington as to how to balance budgets and treat people fairly and be civil and address entitlements.”
Dewhurst entering the race would be bad news for all the declared candidates, but probably worse for Tom Leppert than anyone else, since Dewhurst almost automatically locks up the “establishment /business” candidate slot in a runoff (or possibly wins the primary outright, if he’s willing to carpet-bomb the race with money). His jumping in might also prod State Sen. Dan Patrick to jump in as well, since there’s no love lost between the two.
