[GOP_Raider]

Kansas' Republican credentials are in our two Republican senators, our 3 Republican congressmen, and the fact that we go Republican in just about every presidential election by margins far larger than virtually all the Southern states.

Then how does a D like Sebilius (sp) get elected in a state like Kansas anyway? Have KC and Lawrence gotten to the point that they boss the rest of the state around or am I forgetting another mitigating factor here?

[Non-Sequitur]

Then how does a D like Sebilius (sp) get elected in a state like Kansas anyway? Have KC and Lawrence gotten to the point that they boss the rest of the state around or am I forgetting another mitigating factor here?

Well she benefitted from running against a patsy in 2006 and from 8 years of Bill Graves in 2002. Her opponent then, Tim Shallenburger, was a weak candidate and she hid her extremist views during the campaign.