Kansas Race to the line for Governor and Attorney General

11/1/02 | jonefab

[jonefab]

This will be a resource for all information and all activities for the race to the finish line. We can elect our true Republican candidates. We need a freep wherever we can get it, especially Western Kansas. People on street corners waving signs, handing out fliers, putting information on cars at churches etc. Let me know what you can do and I will put you in touch with the right people. This is urgent, we need you now, not Monday.

[Steel Eye]

11th_VA posted this poll last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/780571/posts

Kathleen "Please make Tim stop picking on me" Sebelius hasn't won it yet.

It is hard to believe that 27 percent of Republicans will vote for Sebelius. Who are these people?

[RAT Patrol]

Thanks for the link, Steel Eye. Pretty interesting, though I've I can't remember when pre-election polls have actually nailed the numbers. It does give us a general idea and the news is not good. I sure hope they're wrong this time.

[RAT Patrol]

Thanks for the prayers for AdA$tra's wife. I'll let you know if I find out anything more. He's not been here for a couple of days and that's unusual, especially during the home stretch of the election.

[jonefab]

November 1, 2002 8:30 a.m.
And the Winner Is...
Governor predictions.



With nearly the entire media spotlight focused on the race for the control of Congress, little attention is being paid to the governors races this year. This year there are 36 of them, and many of them are nail-biters.

Arguably, the three most-important elections on November 5 will be the gubernatorial races in California, Florida, New York, and Texas. The GOP will win three of four and maybe all four! And since governors can actually do things — cut taxes, launch welfare, fix the schools, muzzle the trial lawyers, balance the budget — these are powerful public figures that have a profound impact on policy.

The GOP has had majority control of the governorships since the grand conservative landslide election of 1994. That's likely to shift back to the Democrats after Tuesday. But what is exciting is that four or five real conservative policy pioneers are going to win on Tuesday and then push through dramatic free-market changes in their states. Case in point: Mark Sanford of South Carolina wants to abolish the South Carolina income tax. Name a member of Congress who has a big idea like that.

So without further ado, here's my smart-aleck assessment of many of the hottest races:

Alaska: Frank Murkowski wins back Alaska for the GOP. This will be a boost for drilling in ANWAR.

Arizona: Matt Salmon is down in the polls, but still has a good shot at winning. Salmon is a free marketer who loathes big government and bureaucracy. Janet Napolitano, the Democrat, is bosom buddies with the trial lawyers. She represented Anita Hill. She's bad news.

California: Call me a hopeless romantic, but I still think that Bill Simon has a shot at besting Gray Doofus. Doofus has approval ratings in the 40s, which is dreadful for an incumbent.

Colorado: Bill Owens, America's best governor, wins in a landslide and preps for a seat on the GOP ticket in '08.

Florida: Don't believe the hype. Jeb wins easily. How about Bush-Owens in '08, or vice versa?

Georgia: Roy Barnes is my favorite Democrat. He should win, continuing the GOP's 150-year lockout of the governors' mansion.

Hawaii: Sakes alive, Hawaii goes Republican! But Linda Lingle is no conservative.

Illinois: Republicans lose. What a relief. The brain-dead Illinois Republicans are out of power. Now they can spend the next four years thinking about all the things they did wrong.

Kansas: The Dems will likely win here because the backstabbing liberal Republicans (read: Bill Graves and co.) would rather have a liberal Democrat in office than a conservative Republican. So much for the big tent!

Maryland: Ehrlich wins. KKT turns into TNT.

Michigan: Dems win. Thank God that Jennifer Granholm is a Canadian, or she would be running for president next.

Nevada: Safe Republican — can we put the nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain?

New York: Hopefully the Dems finish in third place. Let's also hope Pataki's third term is more like his first when he was cutting taxes, not his second, when he was raising them.

Ohio: Taft wins. But he is still one of America's worst governors.

Oklahoma: Now let's see what Steve Largent can really do!

Pennsylvania: Rendell wins. Okay, Pennsylvanians, hold on to your guns and your wallets. The governor's coming after both.

South Carolina: Mark Sanford wins and becomes this generation's Tommy Thompson.

Tennessee: This one's a toss pup, but my crippled dog could do a better job as governor than Don Sundquist.

Texas: Did you really think that George W. Bush would let the Democrats win his home state? To quote papa Bush: "Not gonna happen."


— Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and president of the Club for Growth.

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http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore110102.asp

[jonefab]

Please join the

Next Governor of Kansas

our current State Treasurer



Tim Shallenburger


for

Election Night 2002

Tuesday, November 5



Topeka
The Capitol Plaza Hotel

Ballroom
1717 SW Topeka Blvd.

7pm until ?



Kansas City
The Marriott Hotel

Ballroom

I-435 and Metcalf

7pm until ?



Wichita
Scotch and Sirloin

5325 E. Kellogg

7pm until ?









Don’t forget our Election Day sign wavings!

Johnson County
7-8am and 5-6pm

College Blvd. and Quivira

Metcalf and I-435

119th & Strang Line

119th & Antioch

75th and Metcalf



Sedgwick County
8-8:45am Rock and 21st Street

5-6 pm Kellogg overpass at Pattie



Shawnee County
Noon-1 p.m.

21st and Gage by Seabrook Tavern



Only 3 days left, we’re almost there! Keep reminding your friends to vote on Tuesday, November 5th.



Thank you for all your work so far. Together, we will make a difference for Kansas!



The Shallenburger Team

[jonefab]

Saturday afternoon

Dear friends,

Just a few minutes ago, Kristen Fox, Special Projects Assistant here at the campaign, came into the office after running the Kansas City Marathon this morning. 26.2 miles. Can you even imagine running 26.2 miles ON PURPOSE? (Those of you who have met me will easily understand my anti-running stance. I mean, I’m a guy who picked playing baseball over football in college based solely on the amount of running required.) Anyway, she did it. In the cold rain and sleet, she did it.

Those of us who let our mouths do the running for us were quite inquisitive as to what it was like. Kristen’s answer seemed so appropriate to our current situation that I decided to share it with you.

“It really isn’t that bad,” she said. “You train for it, you prepare for it, and you run it. It’s really that simple. I’ll tell you, though,” she continued, “the first 26 miles are a lot easier than the last .2. The last .2 miles are uphill. You hear the people cheering. You know that most of the race is behind you. You see some of the other runners already across the finish line, resting, and having a snack. That’s when you really have to push yourself and use everything you have left.”

Those remarks pretty much sum up where we are right now. After months of campaigning, we are in our last “.2” if you will. Three days left. That’s it. We are all exhausted. We are all tired of eating meals that you have to take out of a paper sack and unwrap. We are all tired of our pets barking at us when we come home because they have forgotten who we are. But we are almost there!

The crowds are cheering. Most in the state think that we have already won the race. It would be easy for us to forget about the last .2 miles -- but we can’t stop now.


UNDER ATTACK

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This morning, I was awakened to the news that Wichita’s abortion champion, Dr. George Tiller, and his cronies in the democratic party poured over $50,000 into radio ads smearing Phill and his record of public service. Not only did the ads violate campaign finance laws by the way the ads were done, the ads did little more than slander Phill’s good name by putting out-and-out lies over the airwaves of 60+ radio stations across the state.

Friends, with only a few days left, our grassroots efforts are more important now than ever before. Everyone reading this needs to commit themselves to call at least five friends and encourage them to vote for and spread the word about Phill!

If Phill were running against only one person, it would be a fair fight. But he’s not. He’s running against one person, 386 media outlets, and hundreds of liberals willing to say or do anything to prevent a good man like Phill Kline from being elected.

Take the time now and call your friends and help us counter the irresponsible slanderous attacks being perpetrated by the liberal left.


On Monday and Tuesday, you can join Phill Kline and other supporters like you at a sign wave coming to a major intersection near you! The schedule is as follows:

Monday November 4th

7:30-9:00 a.m.: Overland Park sign wave - 95th & Metcalf
12:00-1:00 p.m.: Emporia sign wave – 6TH & Commercial
4:30-6:00 p.m.: Wichita sign wave - Central & Ridge

Tuesday November 5th -- ELECTION DAY!!!

7:30-8:45 a.m.: Hutchinson sign wave - Plum & 30th
12:00-1:00 p.m.: Topeka sign wave -17th & Wanamaker


Remember, this race is ours to win. Keep working hard. Don’t stop. Kansas desperately needs Phill Kline. And Phill Kline needs YOU!

[axel f]

Do you think Todd Tiahrt will win? Carlos Nolla gives me the willies.

[axel f]

Haven't you seen the "Another Republican for Sebelius" yard signs? I wanna puke everytime I see them!

Republicans like former Senator from Prairie Village Audrey Langworthy would vote for Sebelius. Bill Graves selected Langworthy as a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention, and she was a driving force trying to get the pro-life platform removed from the entire Republican Party. She and some others went on national television saying the pro-life platform was like "putting lipstick on a pig." Anyway, Langworthy is one of those "Republicans" leading the "Republicans for Sebelius" group.

[axel f]

Why do Kline's and Shallenburger's sign-waving things in Topeka have to be at the exact same time but different locations? Hmmm...how will I swing this one.

Thanks for posting that. I hadn't heard about Tiller's involvement.

[axel f]

Ah, four posts in a row. Forgive me. Yesterday Kathleen Sebelius got into some trouble here in Topeka. She has dodged appearing on a local radio talk show since she announced she was running for governor. One of the listeners called the campaign yesterday asking why she wouldn't appear. Her campaign manager said Kathleen said she wouldn't appear because the callers were "too conservative," the questions would be "unimportant" and "too out there." Sebelius is an elitist snot. You should have heard the calls after that! People were calling in saying they wouldn't vote for that woman who "acts like a queen on a throne." hehe

[jonefab]

Go to Shallenburgers, it looks like he needs the help more than Kline, or go to both with both signs.

[Steel Eye]

No. I haven't seen many Sebelius signs, much less "Republicans for Sebelius". I thought it was bad enough that our senator, Steve Morris, supported Kerr. I didn't realize that some Republicans were actually supporting Sebelius. Good grief.

I live in the southwest corner of the state. After the severance tax deal and the Finney/Wagnon school finance fiasco, people are pretty fed up. Of the signs I've seen, at least 90 percent are for Shallenberger. I'm sure there are more Seblious supporters than that, but they must be too embarrassed to put up a sign.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll add Audrey Langworthy to my list of scoundrels, scalawags and "moderate" republicans.

[Mike4Freedom]

Kansas: The Dems will likely win here because the backstabbing liberal Republicans (read: Bill Graves and co.) would rather have a liberal Democrat in office than a conservative Republican. So much for the big tent!

The conservative Republicans had better understand that they should not be loyal to the liberal (moderate) Republicans. The loyalty is not returned.

Graves thought about endorsing Shallenburger for weeks, damning by faint praise.

The conservatives have more in common with the Libertarians than with the moderate Republicans and should be helping them when moderates win the primary.

[KsSunflower]

I live in Lawrence and, surprise, there are TONS of Sebelius signs...all over the place! You would expect them in east Lawrence, but I live in west Lawrence and there are far more Sebelius than Shallenburger. We are one of the two counties that went for Gore, so what should I expect??

Frankly, nobody, seems very excited about Shallenburger (not even Republicans).

In my house district, we have Dennis Moore (D) who is being challenged by Adam Taff...frankly, I am not awfully excited about him. I e-mailed his campaign over a week ago asking for clarification of his stances on education and abortion, I have heard nothing...not even a canned e-mail saying they received mine.

It is much more interesting watching the other races around the nation, because things here aren't igniting alot of passion, I hope that it doesn't translate into a poor showing for the Republicans on Tuesday.

[axel f]

I've seen about five or six houses in the Topeka area with those "Another Republican for Sebelius" signs. I've seen one in Johnson County, but I'm sure there are more.

Steve Morris seems pretty left-wing. According to the Kansas Taxpayers Network (www.kansastaxpayers.com), he scored an 8 percent in the 2002 Legislature. (Dave Kerr also got an 8 percent rating.) Of course, that's better than Hillary Clinton's 3 percent. The lowest score Shallenburger ever got in the years they scored legislators was an 80. We have GOT to get him elected!!!

[RAT Patrol]

Good post, though I hope he's wrong about Kansas. I was thinking there is a chance that the 27% of Republican's who say they are going to vote for Sebelius might instead just not vote for either. It has to be distasteful for them to vote for Sebelius, so when it comes right down to doing their duty in the voting booth, and without their own horse in the race, let's hope they can't vote for the liberal either.

[axel f]

OK, I'm shocked!


Tim Gets Lawrence Journal-World Endorsement

J-W Editorials Saturday, November 2, 2002

State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger has the best opportunity to lead Kansas out of its current financial problems.

When Kansas voters wake up Wednesday morning they will know who their governor will be for the next four years.

That answers one question, but many others will remain.

As voters go to the polls Tuesday, they go with the knowledge that both major party candidates have spent the campaign avoiding meaningful discussion of the major financial problems facing the state, how best to generate more revenue for the state and how to provide adequate funding for education. On Wednesday, the reality of those problems will be staring at the winner of Tuesday's election.

Tim Shallenburger, the Republican candidate, has been marginally more forthright with voters during the campaign, and it's encouraging that he has said he would not veto a tax increase if the Kansas Legislature passed one. However that means the onus will be on the leadership in the House and Senate to provide answers to serious problems. It also suggests that the politics of trying to place the blame for tax increases on someone else may become more important than recognizing the state's needs and working to solve them.

Kathleen Sebelius, the Democrat, has not demonstrated leadership or suggested any vision. And having a governor from one party and a Legislature controlled by the other, with each jousting for political advantage, isn't a pleasant prospect.

There really is only one issue in this year's governor's race and that is how the state should deal with its financial crisis. It's unfortunate that neither candidate has realistically discussed how the state can preserve its basic services in the current economic climate.

It seems likely that both candidates know that some increase in taxes at either the state or local level will be necessary to adequately fund public schools, but neither has shown any leadership on this issue. Rather than trying to set a course for Kansas that voters can support, they have sidestepped the tough issues.

Although it has been a disappointing campaign, it is time for Kansas voters to make a choice. Shallenburger has a strong legislative background and would seem better prepared to work with the Legislature to deal with the state's difficult financial problems. The Kansas Republican Party has suffered from deep philosophical splits, but Shallenburger has the best chance of healing this rupture, mobilizing the Legislature and building consensus on realistic solutions.

The Journal-World supports Shallenburger's candidacy for governor in Tuesday's election.

[axel f]

"My" newspaper, the Capital-Urinal, which has been going downhill for several years, endorsed Sebelius. Remember, this is the "newspaper" Democrats call a "Republican rag."

I seem to like quotation marks today.

[RAT Patrol]

Taff is against vouchers (irresponsible) and he's a rare moderate on abortion--he's for late term restrictions. He's very strong on other conservative issues though. He's great on the 2nd, on defense issues, and on taxes. Definitely worth supporting over Moore (who runs like a Republican and that's why he gets elected).

[RAT Patrol]

LOL, some statements just require a lot of quotation marks.