Notes from My Purple State: Kansas GOP Still FightingJesse Zerger Nathanbyline‚ Jan. 25‚ 2007Nationwide, the GOP took a thrashing in November. Republicans lost 350 seats in state legislative races, not to mention control of the U.S. House and Senate. This is old news, I know. But usually, after a political party gets whipped, it starts to whip itself into shape. In other words, a customary period of soul-searching traditionally follows defeat. But in Kansas, stubborn right-wing Republicans and fed-up Republican moderates aren’t interested in mending fences, uniting the GOP, and moving on to future victories. Surprising as this self-sabotage is, instead, both blocs of the Kansas GOP are digging their heels in for more confrontations—with each other. |