Firstly and most important to me, Dole is a socialist. Secondly, she has not been here in 40 years. In fact she has voted in Kansas for several years, yet never lived there, her home has, like Al Gore, always been Washington.
We have good conservative candidates here that have been shunted aside by Bush and the RNC. I resent that very much. In fact I believe this is the first time in history that a sitting president has "hand picked" a candidate for a state, months before a primary. Many of us complained of Kennedy and Clinton being carpetbaggers but our principles go down the drain when it is a republican.
But I do not agree with those that call her a carpet bagger and compare her to Hillary! on the issue. I also do not approve of the way the state GOP has forced her upon us and am even more disappointed that Bush and the National GOP are so behind her prior to a primary victory.
Will she be better than Erskin Bowels or Elaine Marshall? Yes. Is that reason enough to get on the Dole bandwagon? No.