Backlash in Kansas Ousts at Least 11 Conservative Lawmakers

[beachbum bob]

Yuge telltail from Kansas as conservatives go down to defeat to moderates in the Republican primary...including the ass congressman Rep. Tim Huelskamp

the growing tide of rejecting conservatives...even when it means moderate republicans coming in is a major sign of the changing of the times




http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/backlash-kansas-ousts-11-conservative-lawmakers-41087710

A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats as moderate Republicans made GOP primary races a referendum on education funding and the state's persistent budget woes.

Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce was among the lawmakers ousted amid a backlash against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies.

The voting occurred against the backdrop not only of the state's fiscal woes but ongoing legal and political disputes over funding for public schools. The state Supreme Court could rule by the end of the year on whether the Legislature is shorting schools on their state aid by hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Kansas has struggled to balance its budget since the GOP-dominated Legislature slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging to stimulate the economy. That's created concerns among educators about future spending on schools, even as many Republicans see the $4 billion-plus a year the state now spends as generous

[lonestarnot]

1. More delicious!

This is getting almost as good as the night President Obama was elected the first time!

[Squinch]

2. It took them long enough. They allowed themselves to be ruined. It'll take a long time for them to

recover from this thing they brought on themselves.

I really feel for the Democrats in that state.

[marble falls]

3. This is big stuff. The pendelum is swinging back.

pendulum

[Skidmore]

4. It's good to see the blame for this laid at the feet of the GOP

for a change.

[malaise]

5. The tea party is over

Fugg them all

[Lochloosa]

6. The biggest fight will be the lame duck session, if there is one in Kansas.

They'll go for blood before leaving.

[book_worm]

7. Well since Kansans won't vote for Dems apparently it's good they

are at least ridding themselves of the extremists.

[IronLionZion]

8. Congrats Kansas!

Now we need to end the tea party nationwide. Every state should throw out its conservatives

[Feeling the Bern]

9. Fire Brownback at the ballot box, then I will be really impressed.

[beachbum bob]

10. The importance is the extreme tea-party/trump Kansas voter

Will sit out and allows a Democrat an opportunity to win.... zealots are usually my way or I take my ball home..

[mountain grammy]

11. Are the Republicans in Kansas finally waking up?

Stay tuned..