Is it that they're enamored with liberals or just completely disenchanted with Roberts?
Apparently they're taking it out on Gov. Brownback too.. he's behind by a chunk of pts. as well. I'm thinking this purported "GOP wave" is more a show of anger at incumbents in general.
I should ask him what it was like talking with Richard Nixon >:(
He has been in office since my Parents were children.
I have had enough of this with Republicans. We slink back to our abusers because we are afraid of the big bad democrats will be worse, when voting for the same GOPer's over and over and over again causes these problems.
My impression is that it is a combination of disenchantment with Roberts and a lack of knowledge about Orman.
While it is true that Roberts has become a Washington insider, he is a Washington insider with a conservative voting record. Not perfect, but darn good. His defeat would certainly please the NARAL, ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the other progressive groups who have consistently found Roberts to be an opponent.
I don't get the idea that defeating Roberts would be a great way to punish the GOPe. A Roberts defeat would allow the moderates in the Republican Party to argue that Orman won because he attracted the middle of the political spectrum against the conservative Roberts. A Roberts' defeat would allow the GOPe types to point to Kansas as a perfect example of why you have to run a moderate squish in order to win.
The scum GOP_E I think is to blame. They are against Conservatism. True colors coming out in Kansas like it did in D.C.