Last week, Kay Bailey Hutchison was roundly criticized in the Texas press for lacking a coherent, unified message in her announcement for governor. She was accused of merely attacking Gov. Rick Perry without offering alternatives of her own. Excuse the shameless self-promotion here, but Kay -- we warned you.

LSR Managing Editor William Lutz gave a commentary on WFAA television Aug. 2 warning that -- so far -- Hutchison has mainly attacked Rick Perry and not offered solutions of her own. Lutz called on Hutchison to lay out the kind of governor she would be. If only Kay had listened ...

You can listen to Lutz's commentary here.

This week, Lutz is getting ready to tape another commentary for WFAA's Inside Texas Politics, which airs every Sunday at 9 am on Channel 8 in North Texas.