Mary Pitt: "Don't Sell Kathleen Short" - Discomfit Magazine

Has Democracy lost in Kansas?  An excerpt:  ... It is with a great deal of trepidation that Kansas surrenders this great leader to the rest of the nation. There is no really ready replacement among the Democratic leadership of the State but perhaps there will be by the next election in 2010. Do not worry about her ability to cope with Congressional opposition in her new job. She has had six years of experience with a solid Republican Legislature and she drove them like a 20-mule team with a soft voice and a long whip, accomplishing more in the area of social services than any Governor in the last 30 years. ... Read more at Discomfit Magazine.