Please say it's SO...a "real groundswell" in Kansas! Nine former Reps. run as Dems...

[berurah]

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061102/pl_nm/usa_elections_kansas_dc[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061102/pl_nm/usa_elections_kansas_dc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>While I am a true political moderate who chooses which candidates to support based on the individual MESSAGE and not the party label, the uber-conservative Kansas Republicans–like our attorney general Phill Kline, who thinks sifting through the private medical records of women is A-OK–have <em>really</em> unsettled me. Apparently it is disturbing many others as well…</p>

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A mini-rebellion is under way in an American Heartland state so historically unswingable that neither national party typically spends much time or energy stumping for candidates…</p>

<p>Another factor driving Republicans away has been what some call “extremist” moves by the Republican Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline to subpoena medical records of women who have had abortions, force healthcare providers to report sexual activities of girls under 16, and encourage the anti-evolution actions of the board of education…

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<p>Could it really BE??</p>

[meredesfilles]

<p>I went to KU with the person mentioned in the first paragraph. If I recall, he was in student government there.</p>

<p>Interesting that people are going against the grain…hard to do in Kansas.</p>

<p>I’ll keep my eye on the races.</p>

[NYMomof2]

<p>It will be interesting to see what the political landscape looks like on Wednesday morning. All the gerrymandering has brought us to the point where a small percentage of voters switching sides results in a huge number of Congressional seats going to the other party.</p>

[jazzymom]

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A cross-section of Democrats, moderate Republicans, and independents are backing the party switchers, saying a Republican obsession with expanded government and deficit spending, along with divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage, has marred efforts to limit government, boost spending on education, and ensure fiscal responsibility.

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<p>Very intriguing. If that’s an accurate reflection of public sentiment, there could be some big surprises on Nov. 7. The above isn’t even touching on the situation in Iraq, which has been the back-breaking straw for some of my friends and acquaintenances. One of my close friends and walking buddies recently let loose a tirade of invective aimed at Bush, Rumsfeld and the Iraq debacle that surprised me because she has been a rock-solid Repub for decades. Whether or not it will affect how she votes, I can’t say since we have agreed for years to “not go there” on political discussions in order to maintain our friendship. But there is a lot of anger out there about Iraq and it is not limited to Dems.</p>