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In my previous article I mentioned a talk, “conservatives eating their own,” given by former State Rep. Phyllis Gilmore about a decade ago at a JoCo Kansas Republican Assembly meeting. This story is another example of “conservatives eating their own” and ironically related to the KRA: KRA Formed in 1999 A conservative group named the [...]
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Steve Kraske in today’s Kansas City Star wrote about “Tiahrt takes on Moran for comments about Tiahrt’s family“. Congressman Todd Tiahrt made these comments as part of Kansas Day activities in Topeka on Saturday. Here is a video of Tiahrt’s remarks:
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My understanding of Overland Park police crowd tactics is to keep opposing political groups on opposite sides of the street and away from intersections. They try to keep opposition groups separated diagonally by an intersection whenever possible. The police try to keep traffic moving – and slow traffic has almost caused accidents during recent rallies [...]
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Last night Mike Nellis from the Kansas Democratic Party retweeted about Congresswoman’s Lynn Jenkins comments earlier in the day that “Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope”: MikeNellis: Nice catch! RT @linesj13: Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) @RepLynnJenkins uses racial terminology in healthcare townhall: http://tinyurl.com/mqb8y7 8/26/2009 10:09 PM MikeNellis: RT @manspeaker: I beleive [...]
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Ever have a question about federal political campaigns, or the Federal Election Commission? Next week the Federal Election Commission is having training classes in Kansas City for anyone interested in learning more about federal laws dealing with political campaigns, federal PACs, or party committees. See the FEC flyer for this Kansas City event along with [...]
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Yesterday Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele met with about 70 county, district and state Republican “grass roots” Republican leaders in Overland Park. Some traveled from as far away as Wichita and Salina to attend the event. Steele introduced himself: “I am from you. I am grassroots. I started out licking stamps, knocking on doors, [...]
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The Kansas Republican Party met near Salina on Saturday for their summer meeting. Several Republican leaders addressed the group, including U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, who will be a candidate for Kansas Governor in 2010.
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