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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2013 file photo, Republican candidate for governor, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott smiles as he responds to a reporter's questions during a news conference in Dallas. In the nation’s first primary of the season, Texas politicians scramble to fill a void left by an extraordinary shakeup in state offices. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2009 file photo, Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman talks with the media at his campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas. Texans get another opportunity to vote for a candidate named George Bush, and entertainer Friedman is running again by pledging to legalize marijuana, as one of the biggest turnovers in Lone Star state government history officially begins with primary elections, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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George P. Bush makes a campaign stop in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, March 3, 2014. In the nation’s first primary of the season, Texas politicians scramble to fill a void left by an extraordinary shakeup in state offices. Bush, the nephew of one former president, grandson of another and son of an ex-Florida governor is expected to officially join the family business of winning elections when he secures the Republican land commissioner nomination during Tuesday’s Texas primary. (AP Photo/ Juan Carlos Llorca)
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Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Vice President Joe Biden listen to President Barack Obama answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in the Ukraine, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March 3, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Kerry will travel to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev tomorrow to meet with government officials and comes as the U.S. and other Western nations weigh a response to Russia's military advance into Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama, left, convenes a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House to discuss matters in Ukraine, on Monday, March 3, 2014, in Washington. At right is Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. In remarks Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said Kerry will propose ways in which a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine could be overseen by a multilateral organization when he goes to Kiev on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)