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39. I actually blame the media, more than any of those issues

The media started the narrative probably in February of 2009, about a month after Brownback filed. Not a narrative about a culture war. A culture warrior might very well lose. Consider Phill Kline, for example. Culture warrior against abortion. Barely won in 2002, and then got beat in 2006. In fact, he got thumped, by 17%. He got a mere 348,000 votes against 491,000 for his opponent, and against over 500,000 that other Republicans like the Secretary of State, and State Treasurer got.

The narrative that the media started was about Brownback's inevitable coronation. They pounded the drums for a solid twenty months - Brownback is gonna win, Brownback is gonna win. In that manner, a) some people were persuaded to vote for Brownback, since apparently everybody else was doing it, and b) many Democrats were persuaded to stay home. In 2002, the Governor candidates got 818,688 votes, in 2006 they got 835,579, in 2010 they got 800,946.

In some ways, it seemed to me the same thing happened in 2002. I moved to this state in November of 2001, and one thing I noticed was that before the election, the media spent months predicting a Sebelius victory, and in 2006 they spent the election season predicting a Sebelius re-election. I am not sure if it is a self-fulfilling prophecy or if the money just decides it. The media picks the winner, after all, based on which one raises, and has, more money. The votes that really count in this "democracy" of ours, are the votes cast by the dollar bills. It's not "one person, one vote" it's "one dollar, one vote".