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Kansas Senate Poll

A new poll finds Rep. Jerry Moran leading Rep. Todd Tiahrt 40-33% in the race for the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sam Brownback. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 2 months ago, Moran is up 3 points. Tiahrt is down 1.

27% were still undecided - still a sizeable chunk this early out. Tiahrt recently went up on TV - we'll see if that can help him star swaying some of the undecideds his way. The only analysis we can make at this point is that this is going to get heated, quickly!

ObamaCare in Jeapordy?

The Senate narrowly rejected (45-54) an amendment that would have restricted abortion coverage in the pending health-care bill, leaving in question whether Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has the 60 votes needed to move the bill toward final passage. Luckily for us - Senators Brownback and Roberts both supported the amendment.

A few weeks earlier the House passed the Stupak amendment to their health reform bill to prohibit the use of federal dollars to pay for abortion. Do surprise here - Rep. Moran, Tiahrt and Jenkins supported the amendment while Rep. Moore opposed.

The measure addressed the scope of restrictions on coverage of abortion services for people who receive subsidies to buy insurance. The outcome was expected, but could cost the support of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who has threatened to filibuster the $848 billion bill unless abortion restrictions are tightened.

Senate Primary - Anyone's Race

SurveyUSA released another poll this week in the Kansas Senate Primary. Jerry Moran is leading Todd Tiarht - 37% - 34%. With still close to 30% undecided. Looks like these two are going to start spending some of their campaign cash to started educating the rest of the state (outside their districts) on what they stand for.

Most interesting is when you look at the Ideology breakdown of the results.

Conservative Rs break for Tiahrt: 40-33%
Moderate Rs break for Moran: 46-25%
Liberal Rs breaks slightly for Moran: 30-28%

The candidates have finished inside of the survey's theoretical margin of sampling error in 4 of 5 SurveyUSA tracking polls.

Candidates - By the Numbers

Below are the top candidates (moneywise) in each race....more detailed analyses of these finance reports to come. Including the breakdown of Raj Goyle's DC insider/liberal money and Moore's overall breakdown of a fundraising base...

Q3 Raised Cash on Hand

Senate Primary
Jerry Moran - $521,000 - $3,500,000
Todd Tiahrt - $340,000 - N/A

KS-01
Huelskamp - $182,000 - $379,000
Barnett - $105,000 - $300,000**
Mann - $60,000 - $198,000
Wasinger - $107,000 - $195,000

KS-02
Jenkins - $151,000 - $475,000

KS-03
Moore - $129,000 - $420,000
Scherer - $40,000 - $80,000** Includes personal loan
Lightner - $45,000 - $27,000

KS-04
Goyle - $404,000 - $368,000
Pompeo - $99,000 - $270,000
Kelsey - $9,000 - $60,000

Enjoy the Weekend! Follow fellow GOPers on Twitter

Here's a listing:

@RepToddTiahrt, @jerrymoran, @RepLynnJenkins, @lynnforcongress, @sensambrownback

@ksgop, @amanda_adkins, @jrclaeys

If there are any other Kansas Republicans or Libertarians out there that we should be following, let us know in the comments section!

Parkinson Full Of Hot Air

We have never claimed Governor Parkinson to be the brightest one of the bunch, but his recent remarks to the Kansas Wind and Renewable Energy Conference make us even more glad he's not running for governor.

Parkinson spoke mostly about the cap and trade, climate legislation before Congress. The House barely passed the legislation earlier this year, with more than 40 Democrats defecting because of the impact it will have on rural states. Parkinson said the Kansas delegation should "place economic interests of the state ahead of other considerations" and simply vote for the cap and trade bill. Have you looked at the economic impact of this bill, Governor Parkinson?

FYI Governor: the cap and trade bill is not one big wind energy bill -- is that news to you?

The Obama Administration even estimates this bill "could cost some American families $1,761 a year in new taxes". Does that sound like in the economic interests of Kansans who are still being laid off and looking for work? Does that sound like in the economic interests of families who are already having to cut back and struggling to pay the bills? In addition, "taxpayers will have to pony up as much as $200 billion a year in new taxes, the equivalent of raising everyone's taxes by roughly 15%."

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Luckily, Governor Parkinson isn't in Congress. Perhaps he was just pandering to a group who wanted to hear more about wind. But when you "call out" members of Congress, we think he really believes the cap and trade bill is the answer. Fortunately for Kansas, three of our four House members voted against the legislation and our senators look to do the same. Yes, liberal Dennis Moore is drinking the kool-aid full time.

If the cap and trade legislation was just a wind energy bill, that could probably benefit Kansans. But the package as a whole is chocked full of regulation, higher taxes, and will have little to show for other than wrecking the economy. Sorry, but getting approval from Europe because of our "progressive" fight against global warming isn't high up on our list. This cap and trade bill should be the last thing Governor Parkinson would wish on the people of Kansa. Next time, Governor, do a little more studying before you make an endorsement of legislation. Your remarks were nothing but a bunch of hot air.

Moore Ducks Transparency -- with Liberal Majority

Let Freedom Ring is organizing to get member of Congress to sign a discharge petition that would require Congress to post all bills online 72 hours before voting. Luckily, here in Kansas, we have our three Republican members of the House on board: Todd Tiahrt, Lynn Jenkins, and Jerry Moran. Yet there's always a bad egg in the group.

Enter Democrat Dennis Moore.

Let's encourage him to get on board and fulfill the promise of transparency that him and his fellow liberal Democrats promised when they took control of Congress. We've had dozens of broken promises from this Democrat-led Congress and Administration and it's up to us to put the pressure on them!

Twitter: Dump Dennis: Why are you breaking your promise for transparency?

Senate Primary Numbers

Yesterday, SurveyUSA release a poll on the Kansas Senate Republican Primary. Newest numbers show Jerry Moran leading Todd Tiarht 43-27. Unaffiliated voters break 3:1 for Moran, however of all those polled - 30% remain undecided.

We're still waiting to see a real poll released in this race from a polling firm - not an automated service. The true update in the race will be when the 3rd quarter finance reports come out on Oct. 15th - will Tiahrt start closing the cash gap or will Moran widen his lead...

Dems: Don't Let the Debt Get You Down!

Kansans cannot keep every politician across the nation accountable, but we CAN keep our politicians accountable. While our Republican delegation - Todd Tiahrt, Jerry Moran, Lynn Jenkins and our Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts are fighting against these outrageous spending packages, Democrats like Dennis Moore are out of control. Click here to donate to Defeat the Debt.com and to help them place more of this ad around the country. While Democrats could care less about the debt now that they are in power, it's OUR responsibility to hold their feet to the fire.

University Daily Kansan: Current Kansas GOP strength - a precursor to national revival?

By Tyler Holmes of the University Daily Kansan

"The only event in life that lacks a silver lining is the death of someone important to you. Unfortunately, it is a truth that I have been introduced to all too recently (though my pain pales to those closer to this tragedy, my heart aches more for them than itself).

So right now, death is all I can write about, all I can think about, until I can connect this to something I know — politics. (This transition in no way fairly compares the two.)

At the national level, the Republican Party is in disarray. Out of touch. Out of power. Sarah Palin. Rush Limbaugh. And trips to Argentina. The stench of death seems to be here, too.

But even without holding the cards in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government, the Republicans have hope — and I’m not referring to health care as being President Obama’s “Waterloo,” like Senator Jim DeMint.

I’m referring to the state of things here. I’m talking about Kansas." (FULL STORY)

Raj Goyle: the Democrats' Glimmer of Hope?

While the Republican field to replace Congressman Todd Tiahrt is crowded, state representative Raj Goyle, Wichita, is the only Democrat to file for that race so far.

Over at the liberal Forward Kansas blog, one of the contributors, Colin Curtis, admits that things "don't look bright" for Democrats in 2010 in Kansas, but that Raj Goyle is their "glimmer of hope". On that first point, we agree wholeheartedly. Spot on, analysis Curtis. On your second point...really?

Goyle is the darling of the left in Kansas and predictably frames himself as an "independent" leader - remember when Sebelius said such things? Now her "independence" has her leading the charge for government-run health care. And since Goyle's own campaign website makes the claim for being "independent", we will take the liberty to look at just what kind of leader he would be in Washington.

Without giving anything away quite yet, let's say Kansans won't want a guy like Goyle teaming up with the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank. As Kansans learn more about Goyle's ideological roots, they'll see this man is far from the mainstream. And if he is the Democrats' saving grace come 2010, they are in even bigger trouble than they realize.