He's trailing by 8, as a republican from Kansas, as an incumbent. I don't know how this happens, but clearly he made it happen and he probably deserves losing.
I was at a rural county GOP meeting tonight - a lot of Republicans aren't too happy with him either. He's going to have to run a very strong General Election campaign.
What things are republicans not happy about? Education? Jobs? Taxes?
Taxes. Tmth can elaborate far better than I can, but what I've been hearing is that his tax cuts have not only not worked for supply side economic success, but have also dented the budget in a very serious way. Some are moderates, but a lot of Republicans in the region are old Bob Dole types - Conservative, but prefer a balanced budget over tax cuts.
