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Next week: Poll on Pat Roberts’ 2014 re-election in Kansas

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 14th, 2012 at 07:01 PM  | 

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US Senator Pat Roberts, who chose to join Sam Brownback in cheerleading in 2009 for Kathleen Sebelius to run our national healthcare, is currently running for re-election.

I think Roberts is very vulnerable to a primary challenger, especially if it’s one of two men:  First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp or Secretary of State Kris Kobach.

Recently, the PAC I chair performed a poll the Kansas City area, and I added a question about Pat Roberts’ re-election.  Next week, I’ll publish the results here at RedState.

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  • http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/ spoasteph97

    Cool. I wish Senator Roberts would just retire…he’s a nice man and all but his days are long gone. We need a new and fresh conservative voice. Tim Huelskamp would immediately have my support if he runs.

  • revtm

    Yeah lets primary a popular CONSERVATIVE republican senator, that’s the key to winning back the senate.

    • http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/ spoasteph97

      Conservative? Look, I find you to be a reasonable person, but Kansas is not going to elect a Democrat any time soon. If Senator Roberts retired in 2014 or was defeated in a primary, Kansas would still elect the more conservative one (in fact, the conservative may win by bigger margins. Remember this: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/conservatives-win-big-kansas-senate-primaries —Kansas is a very conservative state).

      Here’s a quote from the article: “I would like it as conservative as it can get,” said Alex Yoho, a 56-year-old optician from Topeka, who voted for a conservative challenger in his local state Senate race. “You can’t get too conservative for me.”

      In addition, Senator Roberts has taken quite a few bad votes:

      Voted to increase the debt ceiling, to give the executive branch more power in appointments, omnibus bills, to continue earmarks, in support of the Export-Import Bank, etc.

      I agree with you on certain things, like conservatives should not primary Capito…in fact, I think we should let her win the nomination. In my opinion, she’s the best in West Virginia (has the highest score from HAFA of the delegation).
      But to infer we would lose the senate because of Robert’s loss in the primary is simply not true.

      • revtm

        NTU- 81%
        Citizens against government waste-91%
        ACU-87%
        Club for Growth- 76% lifetime (and over 90% in 2009 and 2010)

        the article (while fun) is silly. Yes of course you are going to get a couple fun quotes in any state, Kansas is as conservative as Missouri (which is pretty conservative) but it doesn’t mean we should be trying to oust guaranteed wins in Pat Roberts (who has strong conservative credentials, Every single senator who has served as long as someone like Roberts has will have a view dings on his record, as for the debt ceiling? the fact that you consider that a bad vote just shows you dont understand what the debt ceiling actually is),

        a Democrat wins Kansas because we nominate another far right candidate with bad +/- and its over for us. Matt Parkinson would be the most conservative democrat ever elected to the US senate, but he’d still caucus with the democrats.

        • http://llphsecondrevolution.wordpress.com/ spoasteph97

          I just wish Senator Roberts would just retire. Kris Kobach has proven he could win statewide. Senator Roberts won re-election in 2008 60-36% and Kobach won in 2009 59-37%. I don’t agree that we should just “not take any risks” which is what you seem to be proposing.

          I would also be happy to support Rep. Huelskamp, Pompeo, Jenkins, or Yoder. With so many young and fresh voices, Kansas could be won by a more conservative.

          (Also, I don’t think you understood the point of the article. Kansans threw out moderates…they are getting more and more conservative, not less.)

          If you had your way, conservatives would not have Senator Lee or Senator-Elect Cruz because it would have been too much of a risk in your view. Risks are sometimes necessary.

          Also, about the debt ceiling…I don’t oppose increasing it. What I do oppose in the continuation of increasing it without any true spending cuts or a balanced budget. Otherwise, the debt ceiling keeps going up with no plans to pay it off.

          • revtm

            Cruz and Lee were Zero risk candidates, The last major statewide elected official (Ann Richards) is long past retirement age with no bench in texas. with Cruz there is no threat of a democrat taking the seat (not to mention cruz is an experienced statewide candidate). With Lee you had a well known family name, no primary to worry about damaging the party or spending the money, and who was the last statewide democrat in utah? Matheson maybe? hes been dead since 1990

          • revtm

            The debt ceiling has nothing to do with a balanced budget or spending cuts.its vote isnt even part of the budgeting process, it does not control or limit the government from running deficits its really a limit on how we PAY BACK what we’ve already spent, the fact that the US has a debt ceiling is a touch silly to begin with.

            Cruz in texas and Lee in Utah have very little similarities to the challengers in Kansas (or the situation in Kansas) Texas was an open race with cruz being a strong statewide candidate and the last major statewide elected democrat in texas (and only threat) Ann Richards is long since a memory and wasnt an option.
            Lee is a from a strong family, with no primary to damage opponents, and the kicker being the last statewide elected democrat in Utah was maybe Matheson? who’s been dead since 1990.

            Kansas on the other hand has a decent little bench left over from Siebilius, with popular conservative democrats who have statewide appeal.