[Excerpt] ... That said, for Democrats on the national level, pushing Taylor aside and taking a chance on Orman is worth the risk. If he wins, maybe the Independent would caucus with Democrats; maybe he’d caucus with Republicans and be willing to work with Democrats on some issues. Either way, Orman would be a dramatic improvement over Pat Roberts, a doctrinaire Republican who goes along with his party on practically everything and has shown no interest in bipartisan legislating.
As for Kansas, as 2014 got underway, few expected the state to be in the electoral spotlight this year. But with Gov. Sam Brownback (R) in deep trouble in his re-election bid, and Pat Roberts’ career suddenly in jeopardy, one of the nation’s most reliably Republican states is suddenly one of the most important battlegrounds in the country. ... [End of Excerpt]
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