In Kansas, Conservatives Vilify Fellow Republicans

[greenforest32]

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Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/us/in-kansas-primaries-conservatives-attack-fellow-republicans.html

What do you think about this? 1%ers primarying theocratic Republicans for not being fiscally conservative enough or something else?

[greenforest32]

I think this is related to the major tax cuts Oklahoma and Kansas conservatives were aiming for. It looks like some of the more moderate/less conservative Republicans in these states prevented that from happening.

Maybe it was the most regressive passed, but it's not the most regressive on the books (no income tax) which is what they were aiming for:

http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/kansas-and-oklahoma-income-tax-cuts-wont-reach-zero-85899389000

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[greenforest32]

I guess I was just surprised at the matter of degree and that a state like Kansas still had any semblance of a moderate branch for its Republican party.

[greenforest32]

Looks like they were successful in the primaries: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/conservative-takeover-in-kansas-just-the-beginning/2012/08/08/bd27ddd8-e163-11e1-98e7-89d659f9c106_blog.html

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[greenforest32]

Something similar is happening in Alaska: http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/in-alaska-bipartisanship-on-the-ballot-85899413283

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[greenforest32]

I wonder if two will be enough to end the coalition? The Kansas primaries were more definitive.

There's also redistricting to consider. I'm not sure if the new maps have shifted the field around much in Alaska. It's kind of hard to find redistricting info on state maps.