Kansas Democrats in July 2007 mocked Kansas Republicans for forming a “Loyalty Committee.” The KDP claimed then “Kansans are tired of having their political beliefs questioned,” and then invited the disillusioned to join the Kansas Democratic Party.
The Kansas press had a field day making fun of Republicans over party loyalty, [...]
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Sean Tevis, a Democrat in State Rep District 15 in Olathe, has become somewhat of an Internet political celebrity with a story yesterday about his unusual Internet campaign in the Los Angeles Times of all places.
His campaign report filed yesterday with the Kansas Government Ethics Commission showed an amazing $96,512 raised, but almost all [...]
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Over two weeks ago the Kansas City media blog, Bottom Line Communications, announced The Race is on: Phill Kline vs. Kansas City Star. Since that time ads have aired on Kansas City talk radio paid for by two non-profit organizations often highlighting the battle of conservative Phill Kline with the Kansas City [...]
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Safe from easy public view in Topeka is a PAC report from 2004 that explains much about the election of Frank Denning for Johnson County Sheriff in 2004. With weak open records laws in Kansas, this PAC report can be purchased for $0.50/page if you know where to go and whom to ask [...]
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On Friday, Dave Helling from the Kansas City Star posted an article “Meadowlarking, part two” on the Star’s Prime Buzz. About 24 hours ago I posted a reply, but it’s being held for review as possible spam. As requested by “midtown guy” on that blog, here is the response I tried to post to [...]
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Jack Cashill published a five-piece series this week on WorldNetDaily about the battle between Phill Kline and Planned Parenthood. In case you missed the articles, here are the links:
Kansas bleeds once more, July 21
Targeting an ‘anti-choice extremist’, July 22
Pro-life Kline refuses to roll over, July 23
DA Kline tackles Planned Parenthood, July 24
Will Kline [...]
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Voters in State Senate District 8 recently received a mailing from Tim Owens in his bid against Ben Hodge for Kansas Senate. This piece, “Protecting Kansas Seniors,” had this “paid for” messge:
“Paid for by Owens for Kansas House Committee, Donald Schrick, CPA, Treasurer.”
Several days ago in a mailing, the message was:
“Paid for by [...]
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Steve Rose from the Johnson County Sun appeared as a substitute “Ruckette” on KCPT’s Ruckus on Thursday evening. During the “Roast and Toast” segment, Rose said:
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Mary Ca Ralstin recently appeared at a candidate forum with her opponent, Brandon Kenig, to discuss education issues in Kansas. While Ralstin is a passionate advocate for education, she seems to act like a Democratic Party activist while calling herself a Republican. Is this deception, or advancing one’s political agenda, or both?
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