By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 11th at 02:19 AM  | 

Congratulations to Commissioner-elect John Toplikar.  Out-raised 15 to 1 and out-endorsed, Toplikar beat the incumbent 67% to 33%. The political action committee I chair in Kansas got involved in one race this cycle: the 6th district county commission race in Johnson County, Kansas.  The race involved two functional incumbents, both Republican:  a conservative former Commissioner John Toplikar, and liberal Commissioner Calvin Hayden, who beat Toplikar by | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 9th at 06:00 AM  | 

Good luck with this. I guess I am still surprised with the mainstream media — that left-leaning executives and investors (who want to make money) hire very liberal news management (who are more concerned about advancing an agenda than making a profit for the company), and that they all would rather go out of business instead of simply making a product that most Americans would | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 1st at 10:18 PM  | 

 The Topeka Capital-Journal joined Democratic Senate leader Anthony Hensley in: Promoting tax and spend policies that damage businesses Insulting a major business after it leaves town Stating clearly that they expect businesses to ask their approval and permission before making decisions Proposing anti-business “solutions” — picking winners and losers by taking money from most businesses, and giving “incentives” to a small number of businesses Sending | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  September 16th at 02:06 AM  | 

Poll: Three out of four likely voters say reporters try to help candidates.  And by a 59-18% margin, voters say Barack Obama received better coverage than Mitt Romney. Click here or below to listen to the audio of Paul Ibbetson’s interview of Benjamin Hodge.   Broadcast date August 31, 2012. Click here to read the Rasmussen poll. Some of the questions: When covering a political | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  September 13th at 10:42 PM  | 

It seems like every mainstream media outlet says that “moderates” or “moderate Republicans” lost in the Senate primaries of Tuesday, August 7. Nope. Listen to the interview between Paul Ibbetson, host of 105.7 FM’s “Conscience of Kansas” program, and Benjamin Hodge about the major conservative victories over the far-left “Republicans” in the Kansas Senate in the August 7 primary elections. “The Conscience of Kansas” runs | Read More »