Pat Roberts has chosen the first few days of the 116th Congress to declare that he won't run for re-election in 2020. Wow, that didn't take him long, did it?
Was it the "impeach the motherfucker" comment? AOC dancing her way into her Congressional office? Or Nancy Pelosi racking up win after win after win in media coverage and public opinion, as new energy has been injected in the previously desultory Congress? Whatever — Roberts has obviously decided WTF, he's outta there.
AND you know what? The idea of picking up this Senate seat is not totally far-fetched.
Democrats almost won Kansas's other Senate seat last time — and now we have a Democratic Governor. We won one of four House races in Kansas, and almost won a second one. Plus we've flipped a slew of state house and state senate seats — capped off by a handful of female state legislators who have switched parties.
Not to mention that we expect the Republicans will have a divisive Senate primary. Pop the popcorn, grab a seat!
So, to recap: Cory Gardner in Colorado is running scared. Susan Collins in Maine is running scared. Thom Tillis in North Carolina and Martha McSally in Arizona ought to be running scared. And now we've got an open seat in Kansas. How soon before we're talking John Cornyn? We cats PURR.
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