There's a very interesting article in today's Washington Post about moderate Kansas Republicans jumping ship in droves to the Democratic Party. Why is this happening? According to Kansas newspaper publisher Steve Rose, it's because...
The Republican Party has changed, and it has changed monumentally. You almost cannot be a victorious traditional Republican candidate with mainstream values in Johnson County or in Kansas anymore.
Can't be a successful right-wing, religious extremist Republican in Kansas anymore? My gosh, what next? A former Republican turned Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Virginia? Ha.
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He ran an oil company into the ground
He failed as a baseball team owner
He completely screwed up our country (thanks a lot Dubya)
So it's only fitting that the Republicans who put him in power are now getting payback: Dubya's ruined the party that Ronnie built.
And may Dubya's failure cast a dark shadow over the Republican party for as many years as Reagan's light shined down upon it.
They wanted it. They got it. They deserve it.
GO WEBB!