in driftwood, texas following this for us. it has been a battle between a couple of texas heavyweights. update us on what's going on. >> reporter: the first thing you have to remember is when you have two powerful influential politicians going up against one another. one of them will lose. today rick perry the longest serving governor in texas is heading around the state, particularly dallas looking for votes and acting as governor and candidate with a comfortable lead in the polls. double digits leading into election day. mr. perry has his critics who think he has been too entrenched and he made some mistakes. the senior senator from texas has been in washington for 16 years. she still has two years left in the senate, but she is running for governor now. the problem for her has been she has been in washington for the