KS-Sen: Taylor drops out

[Indy Texas]

He's not saying who he'll caucus with but I have a feeling an unspoken agreement to caucus with the Dems was part of the deal to get Taylor to leave the race. From what I've gathered about Orman's platform and views, he probably wouldn't feel very at home in a caucus with Ted Cruz and Mike Lee anyway.

[Indy Texas]

Kansas doesn't seem like the kind of state that has a sizable contingent of "reflexively Democratic" voters. They tend to have a fairly high level of voter participation, which likely means they're relatively informed voters relative to the country as a whole.

If Texas Democrats nominated a dead man, he'd predictably lose but he'd still win the Rio Grande Valley in a landslide. If Alabama Democrats did the same, the voters in the Black Belt would pick the corpse over the Republican. Kansas doesn't really have any Democratic voters like that.

[Indy Texas]

Kobach has ruled Taylor stays on the ballot. Hasen examines the legalities here.

Wow. That's pathetic. This is why more states should handle the position of Secretary of State like Maine and New Hampshire, where it's elected by the legislature and isn't part of the partisan fray. A rabid partisan with likely motives for higher office really shouldn't be making this sort of decision.

You think being merely appointed by rabid partisans with motives for higher office makes for better officeholders? Our SoS is appointed by the governor and it's currently the wife of a two-bit conservative talk radio host.