Good Read! Only Kansas Senate Can Stop Extremism

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From Kansas City Star, 7/15/12 Column by Steve Rose.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/14/3704542/only-kansas-senate-can-stop-extremism.html

Only Kansas Senate Can Stop Extremism
by Steve Rose

The state Senate has been the bulwark against a tidal wave of radical right-wing legislation passed by the radical conservatives in the House of Representatives, with a governor willing to sign anything the House passes.

What is at stake is nothing less than the ability to moderate extremism.

There is a conspiracy — yes, a vast right-wing conspiracy — to take over the Senate with Republican conservatives in the upcoming Aug. 7 primary election. Whoever wins in August is likely to prevail in November’s general election.

The three self-proclaimed vanguards of this effort are Americans for Prosperity, controlled by the right-wing Koch brothers in Wichita; the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, which is totally controlled by extremist conservatives; and Gov. Sam Brownback, who has publicly announced he will actively campaign for conservative state Senate candidates.

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Scary to think what is at stake here, that only a few moderate senators stand between sanity and the demolition of the social compact by reactionary troglodytes.