Archive for January, 2008

A Tribute to Betty Hanicke On Her 83rd Birthday

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Betty Hanicke Betty Hanicke, a major conservative political leader in Kansas, and the “Godmother of Johnson County Republican Politics,” celebrates her 83rd birthday today. A stroke in 2001 has limited Betty’s political involvement in recent years. See the rest of this entry …

Kansas May Have About 190,000 Phantom Voters: Could Voter Fraud in Kansas Be Relatively Easy?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

\Federal law keeps many on the voting rolls in Kansas (and other states), but more could be done to keep a more accurate list, and more could be done to protect the integrity of Kansas elections. See the rest of this entry …

Update (March 28): House approves voter ID bill.

Kansas Democratic Party Pollsters from DC Area Find Kansans Reject Coal-Fired Plants

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Kansas Democratic Party Pollsters from DC Area Find Kansans Reject Coal-Fired Plants Shouldn’t Kansas newspapers mention the political leanings of the polling company, Cooper & Secrest? Do hundreds of thousands of dollars from Kansas Democrats over more than a decade affect Cooper & Secrest’s fairness? See the rest of this entry …

Update (Jan 11): Did Sebelius’ campaign and Kansas Democrats finance this survey? Sebelius spent $9475 with Cooper & Secrest on Nov 30, 2007 for “Research.” The Democratic Tallgrass Committee (4th Congressional District) spent $18,950 with Cooper & Secrest on Nov 30, 2007 for a “Statewide Poll.”