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In reply to the discussion: Kansas tax act most regressive in nation [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)But Brownback did campaign some. He went all over the state. Seems like everywhere I went, I would find Brownback on the front page of the paper, visiting that town. Of course, it helps that he was still a Senator, so he could have the taxpayers pick up his campaign expenses.
As for the weak Democratic party in Kansas, I blame Obama for that, and perhaps Daschle too. Obama took the head of our party to be Secretary of HHS. If that had not happened, she would have had a shot at being elected Senator from Kansas and probably would have energized the whole ticket. Instead she bailed, her Lt. Governor wouldn't run, our Congressional incumbent got early stage Alzheimer's, and then the party sorta had nothing. We had incumbents in three statewide offices - Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Attorney General - and they all lost, and lost big. And we lost a bunch of legislative seats in that tidal wave as well.
But it all started at the top - Obama, Sebelius, and Parkinson.