Everyone agrees that Adam Taff is a contender. The Kansas Republican has $150,000-plus in the bank, name recognition and a firm grip. The big question facing the 6-foot-3 college-football star turned Navy fighter pilot is whether Republicans in Washington will help him defeat Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore, who narrowly beat Taff last year to hold onto his 3rd District seat in the Kansas City suburbs. Last time, as Taff and his political consultant, Joseph Gaylord, see it, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dropped the ball by not responding to Democratic television ads. "They were solidly in the mindset that...