I don't think nominating Lightner is a realistic option at this time.
With over 600 people in attendance, and over half of those casting votes, Kobach bested both Adam Taff and Patricia Lightner by a total of 240 to 101 to 2 respectively.
The moderates may not be happy with Kobach, but he has a strong base of support, and can raise some money, which puts him two up on Lightner.
"I don't think nominating Lightner is a realistic option at this time."
Not only that, there is no need to look elsewhere. I know Kobach, who is a conservative across the board and has a dream résumé (native Kansan, star athlete, Harvard undergrad, Rhodes Scholar, Yale law, law prof, worked in Ashcroft's Justice Department handling national security issues) and I can GUARANTEE you he'd win the general election. The guy had every female student at Yale Law School swooning over him, and there's no way Moore can get the 55% he needs from female voters if he were running against Kobach. Frankly, I don't see how nominating Lightner, who may not inspire the base but who would still be pegged a "conservative" by the RINOs, would be better for us. Mark my words, if Kobach wins the nomination, he will win the general election. And even if Lightner was indeed a better general-election candidate, she cannot possibly win the primary, so all conservatives need to rally around Kobach to keep the RINO Taff from winning the nomination.
And DJ, former Congresswoman Jan Meyers was (and still is, I'm sure) pro-abortion and pro-gun control, and is certainly a member of the RINO wing of the Kansas GOP. A better role model for the kind of candidate to run in the district is Congressman Jim Ryun, who did not have to hide his conservatism to get elected and reelected in a district with almost identical Republican performance as Moore's district.