Commentary: Kansas GOP offering a lesson in campaign extremes

[unhappycamper]

Commentary: Kansas GOP offering a lesson in campaign extremes
By Barbara Shelly | The Kansas City Star
Posted on Monday, July 19, 2010

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In Kansas, the GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat has degenerated into a mud-wrestling spectacle as Congressmen Todd Tiahrt and Jerry Moran claw for the spot closest to the extremist fringe.

Tiahrt, the congressman from Wichita, blasts Moran for voting for measures that could be interpreted as tax increases. Moran, who represents western Kansas, hammers at Tiahrt for once showing some sense on immigration issues.

In a sign of how low this race will go, the candidates have engaged in a demeaning though comical tug of war for the endorsement of Tom Tancredo, the former Congressman from Colorado who has suggested that President Obama should be "sent back" to Kenya, and favors the wholesale deportation of illegal immigrants.

Tancredo first went with Moran, but this week switched allegiances. He said Moran and his campaign had fed him "untrue and misleading" information.

Clearly, Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment — Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican — is out the window in Kansas.

[The Midway Rebel]

1. Yes indeed. They are trying to out Tea Bag one another.

And, it is hilarious. One guy has pretty much accused the other of kissing President Obama on the mouth...and liking it.

[JHB]

2. I gotta admit...

...a Republican campaign of "Moran for Senate" has a certain appeal. If only for the posters.
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[gratuitous]

4. And yet for all the lunacy

Kansans will faithfully return a Republican to the Senate once again, no matter how batshit crazy he is.