{"id":13725,"date":"2014-09-21T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13725"},"modified":"2014-09-21T00:01:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T07:01:41","slug":"insanitea-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/21\/insanitea-in-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"InsaniTEA in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I trust that most of you are aware that the there will be no Democratic candidate for Senator from KS this year.  The Democrat dropped out and the Democratic party is supporting the Independent.  The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that Kris Kobach, Republican Secretary of State. can not force the Democrat to stay on the ballot, and now the InsaniTEA is flying fast and furious.  First, here\u2019s the background.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0921Kobitch\"The Senate race in Kansas may suddenly be the most crucial contest in the country. Republicans are scrambling to protect a longtime incumbent. Bob Dole is back on the campaign trail. The state\u2019s Democrats have no candidate and are trying to say as little about that as possible. And a 45-year-old investor from suburban Kansas City may hold the key to control of the Senate in January.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the year, no one thought that Kansas \u2014 which has sent only Republicans to the Senate since 1938 \u2014 would be critical in determining the balance of the Senate. But a Kansas Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that allowed the Democratic nominee to withdraw his name from the ballot made that prospect real.<\/p>\n

Democrats are celebrating the ruling. Their candidate may be off the ballot, but his departure benefits the investor, Greg Orman, who is running as an independent, and hurts the longtime Republican incumbent, Senator Pat Roberts, who had already been tripped up in his expected waltz to re-election.<\/p>\n

A major factor in Mr. Roberts\u2019s troubles has been the unexpected rise of Mr. Orman, who has been coy about his intentions if he should be elected, refusing to say if he would caucus with Democrats or Republicans. But his election has the potential of keeping the Senate out of Republican hands if the chamber is narrowly divided after the elections\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Next Kobach (pictured above) demanded that the Democrats put another candidate on the ballot, and claimed to have a waiver from the federal government to delay today\u2019s deadline for finalizing the ballot and mailing it to overseas troops for one week.  But he lied.  He had never even asked for such a waiver. He gets worse from there, as Rachel Maddow explains.<\/font><\/p>\n