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« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2017, 09:43:01 PM »

What the Hell was Brownback doing so high up at Clinton's state department ?
He was a US Senator at the time and I believe he sponsored the measure to create that position
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« Reply #26 on: August 05, 2017, 11:29:15 PM »

What the Hell was Brownback doing so high up at Clinton's state department ?
He was a US Senator at the time and I believe he sponsored the measure to create that position

Fiscally conservative Republican creates new useless bureaucratic position in the federal government.
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« Reply #27 on: August 06, 2017, 08:02:00 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov
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« Reply #28 on: August 06, 2017, 08:03:05 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

Ugh, they look like I could beat them up.
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« Reply #29 on: August 06, 2017, 09:29:11 PM »

Good God, no.
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« Reply #30 on: August 06, 2017, 09:46:21 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

I could see them getting ~5% support in the primary. Seems harmless enough.
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« Reply #31 on: August 07, 2017, 12:00:52 AM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

I could see them getting ~5% support in the primary. Seems harmless enough.
Probably pick up some protest votes if no super progressive candidate hops into the race. I can't see them passing maybe 6%.
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« Reply #32 on: August 07, 2017, 12:02:23 AM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

I could see them getting ~5% support in the primary. Seems harmless enough.
Probably pick up some protest votes if no super progressive candidate hops into the race. I can't see them passing maybe 6%.
Time to McCaskill them.
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« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2017, 12:53:54 AM »

"Ambassador-at-Large of the United States for International Religious Freedom" sounds like one of the most ineffective and useless posts at the State Department.  Brownback clearly wanted out.

Sounds made-up

Maybe it would involve helping Uganda kill the gays.
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« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2017, 01:56:46 AM »

"Ambassador-at-Large of the United States for International Religious Freedom" sounds like one of the most ineffective and useless posts at the State Department.  Brownback clearly wanted out.

Sounds made-up

Maybe it would involve helping Uganda kill the gays.

It's also a convenient way to get rid of a troublesome problem for the Republicans. A Governor in a conservative state who went all-out on Reaganomics and plunged his state into a budget crisis which means tanking approval ratings and maybe even in an unlikely circumstance handing the Governorship to the Democrats?

It's a quick, easy way to make him impotent.
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« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2017, 02:06:18 AM »

When is his confirmation hearing?
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« Reply #36 on: August 16, 2017, 09:28:17 AM »

House Minority Leader Jim Ward, known as a progressive bomb-thrower, is entering the gubernatorial race today. Supposedly, a NE Kansas State Senator will be entering soon as well.
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« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2017, 09:45:51 AM »

House Minority Leader Jim Ward, known as a progressive bomb-thrower, is entering the gubernatorial race today. Supposedly, a NE Kansas State Senator will be entering soon as well.

Helps Svaty, no? Only pro-lifer and Ward and Brewer split Wichita vote.

It probably does. However, progressives aren't huge on Brewer or Svaty from what I have seen, but they like Ward. Ward is better known than most Democrats, but between a DUI arrest in 2007 and more recent troubles with his ex-wife, he has a colorful personal record.

If the Kansas Senator who I may announce is from Lawrence or that region, he will be able to win over Lawrence voters (very liberal). Good path for Svaty.
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« Reply #38 on: August 16, 2017, 01:01:30 PM »

House Minority Leader Jim Ward, known as a progressive bomb-thrower, is entering the gubernatorial race today. Supposedly, a NE Kansas State Senator will be entering soon as well.

Helps Svaty, no? Only pro-lifer and Ward and Brewer split Wichita vote.

It probably does. However, progressives aren't huge on Brewer or Svaty from what I have seen, but they like Ward. Ward is better known than most Democrats, but between a DUI arrest in 2007 and more recent troubles with his ex-wife, he has a colorful personal record.

If the Kansas Senator who I may announce is from Lawrence or that region, he will be able to win over Lawrence voters (very liberal). Good path for Svaty.

Interesting. Svaty is the only Democrat I think would have decent odds given the state's profile. Provided of course that liberals unite behind him after the primary

I keep hearing that Orman will run but not many pundits are talking about it. I do remember at one point Chad Taylor was polling right on Roberts' heels with Orman in the race. Perhaps Orman could position himself as a moderate Republican ideologically if Kobach is the nominee, and the Democrat might have an opening. On the other token, Orman may take enough of the Democratic vote to essentially deny Dems a potential victory.
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« Reply #39 on: August 21, 2017, 07:12:15 AM »

"Ambassador-at-Large of the United States for International Religious Freedom" sounds like one of the most ineffective and useless posts at the State Department.  Brownback clearly wanted out.

Sounds made-up

A kiss-up to the Protestant fundamentalists and the Opus Dei wing of the Catholic Church.
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« Reply #40 on: October 10, 2017, 06:31:05 PM »

Greg Roman is prepping for another run.
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« Reply #41 on: October 10, 2017, 09:50:48 PM »

*Orman

If he actually runs, it almost certainly means we will have Governor Kobach in 2019. The Democrats running in 2018 aren't as weak as Chad Taylor was in '14 and will be much less likely to defer to Orman. If he wants to run, he should run as a Democrat and duke it out in the primary.
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« Reply #42 on: October 12, 2017, 12:28:03 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

There's also a high school student running for the Republican nomination: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article174226941.html

What a general election that would be. Obviously that 13-year-old in Vermont would have to win, too.
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« Reply #43 on: October 12, 2017, 12:34:01 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

There's also a high school student running for the Republican nomination: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article174226941.html

What a general election that would be. Obviously that 13-year-old in Vermont would have to win, too.

If they were the nominee that would be unreal and a true test of the theory that some places would vote for anyone with an R next to their name.
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« Reply #44 on: October 12, 2017, 12:42:23 PM »

Now here's an interesting and odd story. There's a 16 year old running for governor, because state law does not ban it. Strange indeed.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20170806/teens-running-on-ticket-for-gov

There's also a high school student running for the Republican nomination: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article174226941.html

What a general election that would be. Obviously that 13-year-old in Vermont would have to win, too.

If they were the nominee that would be unreal and a true test of the theory that some places would vote for anyone with an R next to their name.

The most interesting election would be the high school Republican vs. the high school Democrat.
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« Reply #45 on: November 07, 2017, 12:44:00 AM »

And now we have yet another third party in the works:

https://ivn.us/2017/11/01/its-not-me-its-you-kansas-businessman-breaks-gop-form-new-party/?utm_content=bufferb1094&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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« Reply #46 on: November 07, 2017, 01:52:34 AM »


Like a month ago. He got through committee on an 11-10 party line vote. His nomination is currently pending on the Senate's executive calendar. The order in which McConnell brings nominations up seems to be somewhat random, it's not a first-in, first-out system. They could vote on him next week, next month, three months from now, it's kind of hard to know.  Obviously I'll post the vote result on the cabinet hearings thread over in U.S. general discussion when it occurs.
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