In case you thought Mississippi was the only red state in which the GOP was self-destructing, think again. There's a whole lot the matter with Kansas these days.
The reign of Governor Sam Brownback has been so disastrous for the state (tax cuts for the wealthy leading to a $338 million budget shortfall) that 104 Republican leaders have endorsed Brownback's 2014 Democratic rival, Paul Davis.
This is so great. Not only is the entertainment value for us Democrats high, but it's another example of the crazy stuff that's flying semi-under-the-radar, that could throw monkey wrenches into the pundits' everything's-rosy-for-the-GOP prognostications.
Yes, the endangered Brownback is a Governor. (And former Senator, actually.) But as in Mississippi, his state Republican party is cracking at the seams, with the delicious, added uncertainty of teabag rage. How mad will the GOP desertions to Davis leave the Sunflower State's right-right wing, and will they take it out on Republican Senator Pat Roberts in his August primary?
Don't laugh. Ken "Fetuses Are More Important Than Fully Born Immigrant Children" Cuccinelli's Senate Conservatives Fund just announced a big ad buy against Roberts, starting as early as tomorrow. No doubt Cootch and his gang will use establishment Republicans' treachery against Brownback as an extra lever to nudge angry teabags to vote Roberts out next month.
Which is fine with us. The state of the state of Kansas never troubles our many catnaps. But we love it when Republicans fight. Which means we've been doing a lot of PURRing lately.
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