GOP terrified of Kansas fiasco: How they’re desperately trying to save Senate seat

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GOP terrified of Kansas fiasco: How they’re desperately trying to save Senate seat

by Jim Newel at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/24/gop_terrified_of_kansas_fiasco_how_theyre_desperately_trying_to_save_senate_seat/

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The Republican Party, both nationally and in the state, appears to have come to terms with the fact that it may lose a Senate seat in Kansas and with it, potentially, a Senate majority. What’s that all about? Well, it’s largely about the Republican Party going out of its way to destroy itself in Kansas by pursuing Republican Party policies … but never mind that. There are more important things to take care of right now, like saving this Senate seat, than an honest introspection of the party’s fundamental ideological flaws. There’s this independent running, Greg Orman – thinks he’s cock of the walk. Pfft! Time to squish him.

Polls are showing Orman, as the old Kansas expression goes, “kicking Pat Roberts’ ass right now.” He holds a mid-high single-digit lead over the longtime incumbent, and the election is in six weeks. And with the Kansas Supreme Court ruling that erstwhile Democratic nominee Chad Taylor’s name does not have to appear on the ballot this year, Orman, and the Democrats, will likely get the one-on-one match-up they seek.

The Republicans have woken up, recognized the challenge, and are just starting to respond in kind. The strategy, as far as we can tell, is tripartite. It’s not creative, as campaign strategies go — they don’t have to be — but there is some risk to it: If Orman ends up winning anyway, he may not find himself interested in caucusing with the Republican Party.

So, about that strategy.




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[Logical]

1. I live in this Hell Hole........

And hope this election changes some things!

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2. Vibes to you. I know it is hard. Keep fighting the good fight.

[hfojvt]

3. not sure how it changes anything

just continues the great American tradition of rich people being able to buy Senate seats.