Johnson County is politically more conservative than you give us credit for. We may have elected Moore and Sebelius and Morrison, but we also elected Brownback and Roberts and went big for Bush in two elections. The problem we have is the war between the two branches of the GOP. It's gotten to the point where if a social conservative is nominated to run against Moore, the political conservatives vote for Moore. If a political conservative is nominated, the social conservatives stay home. The Democrats have found out how to win in Kansas by taking advantage of that split.
I think your comment regards politcal vs social conservatives is about right. Toss in the drive by media's talent for playing up the slightest misstep by a conservative while ignoring the same by the liberal and there you go.
Brownback and Roberts have pretty nuch avoided the kind of missteps that Kline has made so it is harder for the MSM to play up the, for lack of a better word, "Stoopid" angle.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
The sad things is that Phil Kline is a decent man, being demonized over many years by RINO's and area liberals. I have met him on numerous occassion and really like him. We have mutual friends.
I hold particular disdain for Johnson County RINO's, who smear conservatives, and the only reason they are Republican is because being a democrats would be "too blue collar, too working class" and would be embarrassing while in their weekend golf foursome.
OTOH, John Altevogt and his minions are dour, mean, and don't help themselves by much of what they do either.