KS-02 Boyda stands up to Republicans on FISA

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 9:28 AM PST

2008/02/25 · 09:28

Congresswoman Nancy Boyda took a very courageous stand for a woman who represents a conservative district late last week when she laid out exactly why every single member of the House of Representatives should opposed the so-called "compromise" FISA legislation that the Republicans are attempting to force through Congress during an interview with the Joplin Globe.

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 8:46 AM PST

2008/02/21 · 08:46

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

We've said it over and over and over again, and we're happy to say it again today: Congresswoman Nancy Boyda will be re-elected on the backs of her fantastic constituent services staff.

Congress on Your Corner, a program that has taken Boyda and her staff into every single county in the district at least once (there have actually been 31 of them- there are 26 counties in the district), is only a small part of the excellent work she and her staff have done.

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Thursday February 14, 2008 · 6:59 AM PST

2008/02/14 · 06:59

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

On top of not evenbreaking the 25% mark (and barely rating better than Congresswoman Nancy Boyda) in a poll of Republican Party activists in a poll taken at the Republican Party caucus last Saturday, State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins filed the most depressing, most disappointing, and the most tear-jerkingly hilarious FEC finance report of anyone running for Congress in Kansas- including State Sen. Nick Jordan! (and that's saying something, folks...).

Our favorite CPA raised a sum that can only be describe as embarrassing- barely $90,000. What happened this quarter is beyond us- she's been able to hold her own against Congresswoman Boyda and Jim Ryun up to this point, but obviously something dramatic changed.

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When will Lynn Jenkins drop out of the Republican Primary?

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As soon as her career on the Cartoon Network takes off

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Not until she kicks Jim Ryun's whiny ass in August

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What...she's running for Congress? Wow

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KS-02 Jim Ryun putting his old constituents in cages

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 7:47 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 19:47

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

(First off, we have to thank or good friend Ally for helping spread the word...this is a tremendously important story, and we need to get the message out!)

Outside of the hilarious burn rate we see in Jim Ryun's fundraising report (he's spent 75% of the money he raised in 2007), we're horrified to see in it three unique expenditures for "caging."

Caging, as you remember from posts here and on Blue Tide Rising, and on other blogs nationwide, is a practice by which registered mail is sent to a poor person, a college student, or someone serving in the armed services, at the address provided by them on their voter registration card in hopes that that letter comes back undeliverable.

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 4:50 PM PST

2008/01/29 · 16:50

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

This last weekend was a big one for Kansas politics. Both Kansas Democrats and Kansas Republicans held events, as they always do the weekend before Kansas Day.

Now, normally, the event that's the bigger deal, the even that brings in the really big crowds and the big money, is the KS GOP state convention- creatively named "Kansas Days."

Kansas is a Republican state, right? That means lots of excited Republicans getting ready for a great year of stomping Democrats, right?

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 10:01 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 10:01

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

n pouring over filing reports recently submitted to the Kansas Ethics Commission, a keen-eyed observer noted something tremendously interesting in the report filed by Kansans for Life.

It shows that former Congressman Jim Ryun gave the anti-abortion political organization $75 on February 7, 2007.

That, of course, isn't surprising, or even potentially interesting- everyone expects single issue politicians like Jim to support their out-of-the-mainstream political action committees.

No, what was interesting was that the former Kansas Congressman listed his address on that contribution as his infamous sweetheart-of-a-deal house on D Street in Washington, DC, not his "home" in Lawrence.

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 4:41 PM PST

2008/01/14 · 16:41

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

A few days ago the Topeka Capital-Journal ran a letter to the editor that criticized the newspaper for their coverage of Congresswoman Nancy Boyda. No, not because this conservative Kansas paper was being unfair to her- because it was covering her too much! The fellow said he'd just had enough of all the stories about Boyda, and, well, why doesn't the paper talk about any other elected official every once in awhile?

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Friday January 11, 2008 · 11:33 AM PST

2008/01/11 · 11:33

In a two-prong post, we celebrate today Congresswoman Nancy Boyda's success securing $94,000 for a sheriff's department in Miami County, Kansas, and, also, former Congressman Jim Ryun's weekend trip to Florida to stroke his ego.

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Saturday December 29, 2007 · 3:18 PM PST

2007/12/29 · 15:18

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

Sorry it's been so long- been business keeping up with the site and simply forgot to cross post.

Here's a good one, though:

We've heard for months about Jim Ryun's desire to re-connect with the voters of Kansas (a tough task, seeing as he hasn't talked to them for about 10 years) and also about his full-time, full-scale campaign to take "his" seat back.

First, of course, it isn't Jim's seat, it belongs to the voters of the Second Congressional District, and they, quite convincingly, kicked him out on his rump in 2006 and replaced him with Congresswoman Nancy Boyda. But, whatever, Jimmy's running full-time and he's putting in his all!

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Monday November 26, 2007 · 8:33 PM PST

2007/11/26 · 20:33

(Cross posted from BoydaBloc)

While Politico.com has a field day with a slew of GOP resignations in the US House & Senate today, Kansas political bloggers continue to be in the doldrums brought on by the Thanksgiving break. So, rather than mention (over and over again) the nifty post Blue Tide Rising had this morning, this blog is going to go back in time for a minute and wonder aloud: is it really OK for Republicans Jim Ryun and Lynn Jenkins to line their pockets with campaign contributions totaling more than a worker living on the federal minimum wage makes in a year and a half?

I'm going to go ahead and say no.

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Tuesday November 20, 2007 · 1:33 PM PST

2007/11/20 · 13:33

(Cross-posted from BoydaBloc)

It's a slow news week with Congress being out of session and all and families on both sides of the partisan divide hunkering down for some turkey and mashed potatoes, so I thought I'd do a quick rundown of some of the web-related things all of us involved with BoydaBloc are thankful for this holiday season:

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Tuesday November 13, 2007 · 6:43 PM PST

2007/11/13 · 18:43

The Internet is supposed to be the bastion of liberalism- a haven for people who are, well, not backwards conservatives.

Such isn't the case in the great state of Kansas.

I just wanted to give you all a taste of what one of our freshmen D, Nancy Boyda, has to face- coming from wingnuts in her own backyard.

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KS-02 Constituents stand up for Nancy Boyda

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KS-02: Jenkins & Ryun lining their pockets from campaign coffers

Giving thanks to the Kansas "netroots"

What Nancy Boyda is up against