Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is being criticized by some of his fellow GOP presidential hopefuls for his decision nine years ago to reduce the jail sentence of Maurice Clemmons, who recently murdered four police officers in Washington state. But columnist Michael Gerson defended Huckabee’s decision, [...]
“One of the examples I use: Part of our stimulus money went to spaying and neutering pets in Wichita, Kan. The stimulus bag was in fact a grab bag of big spending programs.” — Carly Fiorina (in photo), GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in California and [...]
Overall, 18 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents cited Sarah Palin as the person most representative of the party’s core values, but those who regularly listen to Rush Limbaugh picked Palin by 48 percent, and among Glenn Beck’s viewers, it was 35 percent, The Washington Post [...]
Though Republicans are overwhelmingly united in disliking President Obama, they aren’t particularly happy with their own party leaders, either. The Washington Post reported that fewer than half of the Republicans and GOP-leaning independents surveyed “see the party’s leadership as taking the GOP in the ‘right direction,’ [...]
To be upfront, the following information should be considered "unsubstantiated rumors." Though, to be fair, it is extremely difficult to invalidate GOP-related rumors when:
Senator and most-certainly-going-to-be-Governor Sam Brownback's campaign manager David Kensinger refuses to communicate. I made two unreturned phone calls to his office with regard to Brownback steering' [...]
Much of the reaction to Gov. Mark Parkinson’s budget cuts has avoided finger-pointing and aptly reflected the fact that Kansans are all in this mess together. Two phrases in the otherwise appreciative statement from the Kansas House’s GOP leadership team stood out, though: “the unchecked spending [...]
With Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, reportedly ready to give up his 3rd Congressional District after six terms, is Kansas looking at an all-red delegation in 2011? Moore, who grew up in Wichita and was Johnson County’s district attorney for three terms, has survived aggressive GOP attempts [...]
RealClearPolitics’ Tom Bevan and Mike Memoli have cast their imaginations beyond Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, and drawn up a list of GOP dark horses for 2012: South Dakota Sen. John Thune (in photo), Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Texas Gov. [...]
Given the conservative challenges in several states against incumbents who are viewed as RINOs (Republicans in name only), would Ronald Reagan, if judged on his record, be pure enough for the GOP circa 2009? Newsweek’s Evan Thomas noted that “Reagan piously gave lip service to the [...]
It's to the point.
KSGOP CHAIR RESPONDS TO WIGGANS ANNOUNCEMENT
For Immediate Release
November 17, 2009
Contact: Lisa Burgess
(785) 766-0663
Topeka, KS - Kansas Republican Party Chair Amanda Adkins released the following statement today regarding Tom Wiggans' announcement to run for Governor:
"It is hard to imagine Kansas Democrats would actually' [...]
In a New York Post commentary, former Kansas GOP chairman Kris Kobach described Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to try five Guantanamo Bay detainees in civilian court as “blatantly political,” arguing that it “jeopardizes the interests of the nation.” Kobach, a former Bush Justice Department official [...]
Kansas’ GOP members of Congress oppose cutting billions of dollars in federal subsidies to privately run Medicare Advantage plans as a way to help pay for health care reform. But Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the cuts make sense. “When Congress is looking for savings, this [...]
“We’ve got a whole generation who will be negatively impacted . . . by the idiots and fools in Washington and Topeka that have been making policy.” — 2010 Commission member and former Kansas GOP chairman Dennis Jones of Lakin
“We’ve cut so deep in the meat, it’s tragic.” — Lawrence [...]
Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats, 48 to 44 percent, among registered voters on the latest Gallup survey question asking: “If the election was held today, which party’s candidate would you vote for in your congressional district?” Last month, Republicans trailed by 2 percentage points. The [...]
Rep. Joseph Cao, R-La., the sole House Republican to vote for the health reform bill, said he has been getting some “pretty nasty responses” from people upset with his vote. “From downright racist remarks just to hate speech, you name it, we have it,” Cao [...]
To hear the GOP members of the Kansas congressional delegation tell it, passage of health reform will end liberty as we know it. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, is already talking about trying to repeal or defund any bill that makes it into law. Kansas Insurance Commissioner [...]
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Benjamin Hodge publishes the Web site KansasProgress.com, based in Johnson County, KS, in the Greater Kansas City area. Hodge is a delegate to the Kansas GOP, a former state representative, and a former trustee at Johnson County Community College. You can join Hodge’s efforts on Facebook, [...]
