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KS-04 Matt Schlapp: Riots, Rove, and Abramoff 2008-12-19 06:40:00 Take yourselves back, way back, to the presidential election disaster that was 2000. In all of the mess that contained many, many memorable moments of political theatre, there's just one to which I would like to draw your attention: The infamous "bourgeois riot" or, named for the brand of shirts all the boys were wearing, the "Brooks Brothers Riot."From the Washington Post:This was when dozens o
KS-Sen: It's Official- Jerry Moran is Running 2008-12-18 17:28:00 It was pretty official all the other times Congressman JerryMoran
said he was going to run for the Senate, but with Senator Sam Brownback's official statement he will not seek another term today, Moran went ahead and made his own official statement:The Senator is someone who is unwavering in his beliefs and steadfast in his principles, including sticking to a term-limit pledge he made more than a Read more:Official
KS-04: If Tiahrt Doesn't Run, Who Will? 2008-12-18 10:23:00 We've spent a lot of time talking about the goings-on in the Kansas First Congressional District, seeing as there is already an announced vacancy and three, mind you, three men running in a Republican primary for the chance to fill said vacancy.While we know for almost sure Congressman Jerry Moran is running for the United States Senate (he still might not because he is, after all, a political cow
Rose: Current Budget Shortfall Manageable, Next Year's Will Require a Tax Increase 2008-12-18 08:56:00 Sun Publications Publisher Steve Rose has finally said what someone needed to be brave enough to say.In a column that appeared yesterday, Rose said (correctly, as far as we're concerned) that the current fiscal year's budget shortfall is going to be manageable- the legislature and the governor are going to be able to make the necessary cuts to keep us from ending the year in a deficit without trem Read more:Current
, Shortfall
Lame duck Speaker appoints himself to board 2008-12-17 19:58:00 From the Topeka Capital-Journal.House Speaker
Melvin Neufeld decided today he was the best person to fill an opening on the Kansas Bioscience Authority's board of directors.Out of all the people in the state of Kansas, good ol' Mel knew just the person for the job. Himself. For those of you wondering, Mel will be compensated to the tune of $72.06 per day of actual service on the board -- the
KS-01: Lord, There's Another One- Barker Files for Congress 2008-12-17 15:08:00 Another man's made it' official: Tim Barker
is running for Congress
in the Kansas First District.Pratt resident Tim Barker has filed to run for the U.S. House of Representatives 1st District from Kansas on the Republican ticket.Barker, who will be 30 on Dec. 26, filed the paperwork on Friday, Dec. 12 and it was received at the Federal Election Commission in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
KS-Sen: Moran Takes More Steps Toward Bid, Tiahrt Still Sittin' and Spinnin' 2008-12-17 12:22:00 If you believe Harris New Service's Chris Green (which we do- you're our favorite, babe), it really does look like Jerry Moran
has decided to go balls to the wall and not wuss out on this whole "Running for the Senate" thing.First District U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran doesn't appear to be having second thoughts about running for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010. The Hays Republican, who's flirted with runs f Read more:Toward
KansasLiberty.com: "Fair & Factual" or a Right-Wing Shill Paper? 2008-12-17 09:33:00 Look over in our blogroll and you'll see a link to the website KansasLiberty.com. It's a news site that purports to be "fair and factual" while, really, it's your fairly standard right-wing spin machine.Think Fox News, but just more blatant in their bias.Take, for instance, the site's recent article regarding the re-election of the Republican leadership of the Kansas Senate. Let's look at the ve Read more:Right
Sebelius: Delay Cuts to Education as Long as Possible 2008-12-17 08:37:00 The mainstream media (and the less so mainstream media) is a twitter about yesterday's meeting of the Kansas Financel Council that resulted in Kansas issuing $250 million in loans to itself so Kansas public schools can make December, January and February payroll.Sebelius, who has told legislators she'll present cuts to the current fiscal year budget along with the budget for the 2010 fiscal year a Read more:Delay
, Education
, Possible
Kansas Loans Itself $250 Million 2008-12-16 18:39:00 In a meeting described by some as "testy," Governor Kathleen Sebelius and key lawmakers agreed to issues $250 million in loans from Kansas
to Kansas in an effort to stave off massive shortfalls at the close of the year.Sebelius had to wrestle with the legislators to get the $250 million- as we reported earlier today, she had been seeking $400 million. Unfortunately, though, lame duck House Speake Read more:Itself
, Loans
KS-Sen: Brownback to Make Retirement Official Thursday 2008-12-16 12:15:00 Supporters of stem-cell research, a woman's right to choose, gay rights, a free and independent judiciary, separation of church and state, the right to privacy, and gun control- please join with the writers of this little blog and rejoice: Come 2011, Sam Brownback
won't be a member of the United States Senate!In a visit to the Kansas Capitol on Thursday
, Brownback will formally announce what has Read more:Official
KS-Gov: Let the political stunts begin 2008-12-16 12:05:00 Pointless press conferences are commonplace during an election, but more than 40 months before the Republican primary, Sam Brownback is already doing backflips for the media to keep his name in the paper.The self-aggrandizing Senator has announced that he will be holding a press conference to declare what he's already declared at a press conference -- he will not run for re-election in 2010.While Read more:begin
, political
Kansas Forced to Borrow $400 Million for Education 2008-12-16 10:56:00 From the Kansas
City Star:Every month the state transfers money to help cover costs for the state’s 295 school districts. This month the transfer was supposed to be $220 million. But because of declining tax revenues, the state had only $165 million to give. Without the full amount, school districts are relying on their cash reserves to meet their holiday payrolls. As a result, the Kansas Finan Read more:Borrow
, Education
KS-01/ KS-Leg: Huelskamp Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood 2008-12-16 10:16:00 On Monday, State Senator Tim Huelskamp, radical wingnut and candidate for the United States House of Representatives, encouraged his colleagues in the Kansas Legislature to defund Planned Parenthood
this legislative session.Huelskamp, who has announced his intention to run for Jerry Moran's seat in the U.S. House in two years, said it was offensive that, over the past two years alone, Kansas taxpa
Talk of Sebelius Senate Run Buzzing Nationwide 2008-12-16 09:24:00 While the Kansas Republican Party hates her (rank and file Republicans like her just fine), Governor Kathleen Sebelius is undeniably one of the most prominent female politicians in the country, one of the best-known governors nationally, and is certainly the best-known politician from the Great State of Kansas (sorry, Sam, your presidential bid didn't do much for ya there).Knowing all of that as w Read more:Nationwide
, Senate
Kansas Electors Vote McCain/Palin, Earn $3 a Piece 2008-12-16 09:01:00 Who had any idea doing your constitutional responsibility could also earn you enough cash to buy lunch at McDonald's!For their efforts, electors will receive a bit more than the satisfaction of joining the small group of voters who've been able to participate in the Electoral College.Under an archaic 1923 law, each elector receives mileage reimbursement for their travel, presently 50.5 cents a mil Read more:Kansas
, McCain
Burning for a Coal Compromise? Some Legislators Don't Want Repeat of 2008 2008-12-15 12:37:00 The 2008 Kansas Legislative session was dominated by one issue and one issue alone: Coal-burning power plants.Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent lobbying the issue. Unrelated bills were delayed. Sebelius vetoed all three coal bills passed by the Senate and House. The Senate generated the required two-thirds majorities to override the governor, but the House couldn't.Gridlock all because Read more:Burning
, Compromise
, Legislators
, Repeat
Happy Electoral College Day! 2008-12-15 09:55:00 Today, electors from every state will gather to cast the ballots that actually count for President and Vice President of the United States.Barack Obama and Joe Biden should receive 365 and John McCain and Sarah "Russia from my House" Palin should receive 173.We say "should" receive because that's how the states/congressional districts voted (God I LOVE that little blue box on Nebraska, I really, r Read more:College
, Happy
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LJ-World: Non-Partisan Redistricting Better Serves Kansas 2008-12-15 06:09:00 In addition to elections that will be tremendously, tremendously exciting, 2010 has another treat in store for politics watchers: the Decennial Census!Oooh! Ahhhh!Fine, shut up- while counting Americans might be as exciting as watching tea grow, the count that is produced leads to a program that really is awfully exciting: legislative redistricting!District lines in Kansas
, from the U.S. House Read more:Partisan
, World
The Tale of Gilstrap: "Politics Making Comedy" 2008-12-14 13:50:00 We're sorry- this really is a story that should have had a one day shelf life, but since a Democrat becoming a Republican is such a rare thing in Kansas, the GOP is getting a lot of traction out of former State Senator Mark Gilstrap's defection.Today, though, they got the opposite kind of attention that they're looking for from Tom Bell, the editor of the Salina Journal, in a piece called "Politic Read more:Comedy
Biggest Jackass in Kansas: KS GOP Executive Director Christian Morgan! 2008-12-12 12:39:00 The biggest jackass in Kansas
politics this week is...KS GOP ExecutiveDirectorChristianMorgan
!For spending WAY to much time reading this blog.Sorry, Senator Pat Roberts, I know I said you'd be this week's Biggest Jackass in Kansas because of your vote against the auto industry bailout, but someone bumped you out of place.Nothing- nothing- makes me happier than days that include blog posts from
'10 Rumors: Lance Kinzer for Lieutenant Governor? 2008-12-12 11:30:00 It is still an awfully long time away from the 2010 Kansas general election, and wild speculation about who will run for what without any shred of evidence is, well, wild and speculative, but, still, it's fun, so why not?We've been hearing mutters that radical conservative nutbar State Rep. Lance
Kinzer might just find himself tapped by fellow radical conservative nutbar Sam Brownback to serve as Read more:Governor
, Lieutenant
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