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'Business wins'
Hutchison is a possible Perry rival in next year's Republican gubernatorial primary. If she runs, Perry likely will attack her stem cell support "because he's going to have to polarize that primary as a conservative vs. a liberal," says Stuart Rothenberg of the non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report.
Perry proposes $300 million for biotech and other emerging industries. But he opposes embryonic stem cell research. At an anti-abortion rally last month in Austin, he reaffirmed opposition to "any taxpayer dollars being used and spent on research that ends a human life."
Perry believes research on stem cells from adults and from umbilical cords — which doesn't destroy embryos — is equally promising. "Those are certainly the areas he wants to focus on," says Robert Black, a Perry spokesman.
Whether that will satisfy the biotech industry and its powerful venture-capital investors is unclear. History may be a guide. The railroads got their way, spreading across the USA. Gambling now flourishes everywhere.
In the end, Sicilia says, "Business wins."
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