Yes, it's a Fox News poll and yes it's a tight race but still:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) is slipping behind independent Greg Orman in the Kansas Senate race, according to a new Fox News poll released Saturday.
Fox News gave Orman a small lead over Roberts, 44 percent to 43 percent. That's a significant reversal from the pollster's last survey of the race in early October, which showed Roberts with a 5-point lead, 44 percent to 39 percent.
The poll, conducted from Oct. 28-30, surveyed 907 likely voters. Its margin of error is 3 points. - TPM, 11/2/14
Things aren't looking great for Roberts and Thomas Frank returned to his home state of Kansas to follow the last days of Roberts and Governor Sam Brownback's (R. KS) terms:
http://www.salon.com/...
For a certain species of Republican, Kansas has long functioned the way the “rotten boroughs” of 18th-century England worked for the people who owned them. The GOP here sends to Congress whoever they choose to send, no questions asked. They don’t even have to live here, really, just as long as there’s that “R” after the candidate’s name.
The machine is breaking down this year, and it’s not a pretty sight. Faced with a challenger he can’t seem to slime down, longtime Senator Pat Roberts has grown desperate. After all these years representing the rotten borough, he finds that he has precious little to offer and few achievements to boast about. Instead he lashes out in all directions. He assails his opponent for being rich. He warns about the horrific threat posed by Barack Obama. He urges upon us pure, naked panic. When asked about Central American refugee children in a recent debate with Orman he actually said this: “We have ISIS. We have Ebola. We have to secure the border.”
But all is not lost. Roberts has been able to call in an unlimited amount of Republican supporting fire, parading all manner of right-wing superstars through the state: Sarah Palin, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, all of them here to tell us how highly they think of their dear buddy Pat and maybe rescue Republican dreams to control the Senate. - Salon, 11/2/14
Lets kick some GOP ass in Kansas this year. Click here to get involved with Paul Davis (D. KS), Greg Orman (I. KS) and Jean Schodorf's (D. KS) campaigns:
http://davisforkansas.com/
http://www.ormanforsenate.com/...
http://www.jeanforkansas.com/