Posted on 09/18/2014 3:23:14 PM PDT by cotton1706
The Kansas Supreme Court sided Thursday with Democrats attempting to remove their candidate from the ballot in Kansas’s razor-tight Senate race, a blow to incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts’ reelection prospects.
The withdrawal of the Democratic nominee in the race, Chad Taylor, clears a path for independent Greg Orman to challenge Roberts one-on-one. Polls show Orman leading in the contest in a head-to-head matchup.
Although Taylor announced earlier this month that he was ending his campaign, Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach had ruled that Taylor’s name must remain on the ballot because his withdrawal failed to meet the precise requirements of Kansas’ election law.
But the court dismissed Kobach’s argument, agreeing that Taylor satisfied the law when he announced his decision to drop out.
The court refused to address Kobach’s additional claim that Kansas Democrats are required to name a new candidate to replace Taylor. That leaves open the prospect that Kobach will try to compel the state Democratic Party to name a new Senate nominee.
The Kansas Democratic Party issued a statement slamming Kobach but did not respond to a POLITICO inquiry about whether it would name a new candidate.
Roberts immediately panned the ruling, slamming the court as aligned with Democrats.
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It wasn't Kobach. It was some Democrat filing to have the court force a replacement on the ballot. We'll see if the court uses the old 'standing' as an excuse to kill it.
Let’s not be defeatist. It matters a lot as to who controls the Senate. Any GOP candidate is better than the most conservative Dem. Look at the ratings across the organizations. It matters a lot and we need the GOP.
I submit John Boehner's actions (as late as yesterday)as evidence this is false. When it counts, RINOs caucus with Democrats and leave conservatives hanging. McConnell will do likewise if he is ML. I have reached the point that better the enemy I know than the friend I cannot trust.
You are confusing things. Politicians, like all people, are self-interested. They work to preserve their self interest. That’s satisfying the voters and their supporters, who might not be the same.
It’s up to us to hold their feet to the fire, watch over their shoulder, etc. Boehner’s been frustrated plenty of times, he is a cat-herder, and has many masters.
Net, net, net, the solution won’t come from politicians, but from us. We need to play smart and be innovative in our solutions. Slow and steady wins the race is the truth, even in politics.
So conservatives should stick with the GOPe no matter how the GOPe kicks them and tries to destroy them, because the other choices might be worse? That is why many wives stay with battering husbands and it’s a bad decision. Sometime you have to take a few short term problems to fix long term ones. If conservatives ditch the GOPe, it may seem to help democrats in the near term, but it would force a political realignment that might be beneficial in the long term. In any event, it is the sane thing to do.
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