As Gov. Kathleen Sebelius announces her re-election plans Friday, she’ll do so from an enviable position in terms of public opinion. The Democrat earned an impressive 61 percent approval rating in the latest SurveyUSA poll of this Republican state, 2 points higher than a month ago and 7 points higher than a year ago. That compares with Republican Sens. Sam Brownback’s 48 percent and Pat Roberts’ 49 percent and President Bush’s 35 percent in Kansas this month. Reading into polls is always risky, but it surely is lucky for Sebelius that illegal immigration is mostly a federal issue.
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But of course, we wouldnt know what to think on ANY subject if we couldnt first read values boy.
Heheh. How is he lining up with your readership, given these polls? Exactly how many nathan, heckler, outlander fans DO advertise in your little rag?
Must be a bunch to warrant a VALUES columnist.
As much as I hate to see governor leadership re-elected…
…it does warm my heart to see the kansas taliban running jim “I hate public schools” barnett and susan “I make my living from gambling but you cant vote on it” wagle.
Hee hee. And this poll was taken in the land of wingnuttia, susan wagles home turf?
I cant wait until november and we see whose “values” win.
“Reading into polls is always risky, but it surely is lucky for Sebelius that illegal immigration is mostly a federal issue”
Just couldnt resist?
Hmmm, I think I said earlier, since republicans control BOTH houses of the kansas legislature, maybe instead of taking a swipe at governor leadership, you should ask…
…how many bills did the republicans pass on illegal immigration? How many did they send to the gov for her signature?
that’s right. A big fat ZERO.
Oh, but sebelius is the one who should worry about immigration? Not the preznit, both republican controlled houses in washington, and both republican controlled houses in topeka?
your bias is showing
ksfarmgrrl,
Was Values Boy on fire today or what?
That is, if you define ‘on fire’ as ‘tepid self-pardoy.’
Pretty amazing that the Kansas Wingnuts are in such disarray that they can’t lay a glove on Sibelius. Truly a bunch of dolts. It’ll be fun listening to Barnett/Wiggle snivel their way to humiliating defeat in November. Enough schadenfreude for everybody!
heheh. Given my posts, I was shocked, SHOCKED I say that he chose gay marriage as the cover for his godly proclamations.
But ya know…he is clear that it wasnt just the taliban that voted in favor of putting hate as a kansas family value.
I guess he wouldnt want us to have his number or anything.
Wanna bet he gets a “well done good and faithful servant from fred? or joe? or terry?
Maybe just a big fat raise in his WE paycheck.
I still nominate you, CF, to be the “point” to his “counterpoints” talking points from the RNC.
“jane, you ignorant…”
Looks to be a troubling time for repubs in washington, not just in wingnuttia. Rove and Novak are competing to see who can throw the other one under the bus first!
http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/0525nj1.htm
And now, it seems the noodly appendage of jack abramhoff is touching republican speaker of the house dennis hastert
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/05/abc_news_update.html
AND kenny boy lay is guilty of bilking investors and employees of enron?
heheh. Ya just cant make this stuff up!
“But there are valid reasons to keep marriage between only a man and woman.”
This was the final line in the Brent Castillo op/ed piece. And, I don’t think he recounted a single valid reason (what he would consider as such) in his entire article. In addition to adopting RNC talking points, this piece was poorly written.
Why is it again, we are being subjected to this?
The only poll that matters is on election day. We will see then.
It is so easy to blame the republicans. That way you don’t have to take any responsibility for anything. The governor is supposed to be the leader of the state and yet you do not seem to think she has to lead. If you are a do nothing governor you do not have to worry about upsetting anyone because you did nothing.
Just ignore the fact that she tried to pass the largest tax increase in Kansas history. She has offered only one education plan in the past four years. She has spent money on programs without any accountability but they sure sounded good in her speeches to please everyone. Oh and don’t forget when she got rid of so many state cars. You need to ask her how many were towed to the lot and how many new ones were purchased after the sale of the old ones. What a joke.
You don’t have to worry about her doing anything on the illegal’s because she did that early on and realized that she was not looking so good by wanting to give them driver licenses. She did get them in state tuition which is interesting because if you are a US citizen and lived in another state you will not be allowed that because you did not break the law. Oh and make sure that your people violate federal law and give them free healthcare and welfare. And getting a free education is a good thing by her standards.
You might ask her what she really proposed and worked to get passed in her four years as governor and don’t use the excuse that she could not do anything because she had so many republicans to work with. If she can’t work with them then she does not need to be governor. So if you do nothing you do not have to worry about being popular.
STS, you crack me up. Stop the jokes, yer killin’ me!
Real slow now. Republicans control both the house and the senate in kansas. Control means the r’s have a majority. More than fifty percent for the math challenged. They can do whatever they want. They did an override on her veto of gun legislation.
So… what you are saying is….the r’s can put together coalitions to pass their legislation regarding more guns in the hands of more people, but they cant get their act together on immigration?
They can pass anything they want with their majorities in BOTH kansas houses. The real question is…wait for it… why dont they?
If abortion was THAT important to the republicans, they have enough of a majority to pass south dakota legislation. If they want to stop gay adoption, they could. IF they want to stop illegal immigration, they could.
If they wanted a different solution to school finance, they could pass one. If they wanted to cut taxes AND increase spending the republicans could do so.
Oh wait, that last one is true. They did cut taxes and increase spending at the same time. They must be taking lessons from tanker todd, god’s senator and bush’s senator on that tax and spend and increase deficit thing.
But I digress.
Heheheheheheh. To blame governor leadership for these republican things not passing is funny, funny, funny. You have a real future in comedy sts.
YOUR republican legislators, with their control of both houses, dont do what YOU want them to do, so you blame the gov of the opposite party?
HEHEHEHEHEHEH. I have three words for you.
Four. More. Years.
HEHEHEHEHEH. Still laughing at sts saying this:
“don’t use the excuse that she could not do anything because she had so many republicans to work with. If she can’t work with them then she does not need to be governor.”
Gosh sts, maybe, just maybe, since the r’s hold a CONTROLLING MAJORITY in topeka… if the REPUBLICANS cant work with EACH OTHER, as well as the governor….
maybe they shouldnt be in the legislature?
HEHEHEHEH. The oh so pious conservative republican legislators cant even get along with the OTHER cons, much less the moderate r’s, and THAT is kathleen’s fault?
Heck, who CAN the rabid r’s work with if not each other?
With that kind of logic, no wonder you keep running wingnuts against her.
How is that working for you? heheheheheh
“Just ignore the fact that she tried to pass the largest tax increase in Kansas history”
Ok, sts, how about we focus on the budget that was PASSED by the republicans? You know, the one that lowers taxes for corporations, spends money the state doesnt have, and drives our state into the red.
Wanna talk about THAT little republican gem? You know, the budgets, passed by the LEGISLATURE, have driven kansas’ credit rating down to one step above that of the hated mexifornia.
You know. THAT republican kansas budget.
Republicans in topeka are just like the ones in washinton d.c. They wanna bring home the bacon to the district, spend like drunken conservatives in a strip joint, and then not have to pay the bill in the morning.
Sounds like ruby/sts/ybs, etc, believe it is ok for the republican controlled legislators to tell the strip club barteneder this:
“Just put it on my credit card. Someone else will pay the bill in the future, but for now, PARTY ON BOYS!!! I have the state credit card and we dont need no stinkin’ balanced state budget.”
Nice. Please. Elect more republicans to the kansas legislature. You still have a few cents for them to spend, no?
Oh those of little knowledge. You seem to forget that the governor has the ability to veto anything she does not approve of. So she does have the ability to lead if she ever chooses to do so.
Let’s just look at what she did this year. She proposed a budget that spent every dime available but without any increase in education funding. Is that responsible? No it’s not. She knew that money was needed for education but figured it could be put on the credit card.
She signed the $541 million dollar increase in education funding before she signed the budget bill. She then looks at the budget bill and vetoes only a handful of things which allowed her to add more spending that the legislature had said should not be done. She did this knowing that the budget bill and the education spending bill were going to put everything in the red. So where was her great responsible leadership? That’s right she did not use the most powerful tool available to her and that is the power to veto anything she chooses.
As far as the override for the conceal carry bill you might want to take a look at who voted against the governor. It was her democrat leadership in the house and senate. I am referring to her democrats and their elected leadership. It was not all republicans. There are not enough republicans to override a veto by the governor. There were a lot of democrats voting to override the governor. I know it looks so simple and that you think every republican and every democrat think and vote a certain way but thank goodness they don’t. There are a lot of them willing to be independent thinkers.
I know that it is difficult for you to deal with facts but I will continue to present them. Perhaps that is not the way that you think blogs should be but I have found them to be a really open and flexible way for everyone to express themselves the way the see fit.
So, the republican legislature passes bad bills, bankrupts the state, thumbs their noses at the courst, but it is the gov’s fault we are in a hole for not vetoing their work? Woof. Six impossible things before breakfast.
Heheh. Yeah. Please. Keep those facts coming.
And it sounds like you are STILL mad about school finance. Why? Because the moderate republicans dont think they are above the law? Because they dont want to kill public schools?
Or are you just a sore loser shilling the kansas republican line that even though you are in control, the ills of the state are the fault of the democratic gov?
You just cant spin the failures of the state on governor leadership without calling into question the “leadership” of the republicans who, did I mention, control BOTH houses of the legislature.
If she is bad, they are worse. And I also think she is bad, so you can imagine how much WORSE I think the republican controlled house and senate are.
And we want to send two wingnut republican legislators to cedar crest?
Why? So they can bankrupt ALL branches of kansas govt?
They have been such bumbling incompetents in the kansas house and senate, such petulant children in the session, why would we want them to take over ANOTHER branch of govt?
Run someone other than wingnuts and see how fast you get my support. Run wingnuts, and guess what? Four. more. years.
Heheh. Please keep posting those facts.
Although the chances of Sebelius relection is quite good, I’m not going to call it a shoe in for her. She will still have to campaign hard for votes and she could be defeated.
I agree joe, but she will not be defeated by wingnuts. Run some good moderate candidates, with real solutions that dont involve the kansas version of “clinton did it” and she could EASILY be defeated.
Hell, she could be defeated alone on the issue of how she has ENCOURAGED the squandering of the remainder of water in Kansas. She and joe harkins and david pope and adrian polansky have RAPED the water of kansas with the nods and approvals of the Kansas Water Office and the Kansas Water Board.
And now they want to PAY big irrigation when the state already OWNS all that irrigation water? And she appoints Steve Irsik, one of the biggest ag welfare queens and irrigation bullies to head up the water authority?
Geez, you all have an issue HANDED to you here, and you look the other way and want to run wingnuts for god? Good strategy. Heheh
so…why keep running wingnuts? They dont get much wingnuttier than shallenberger, and Kathleen whipped his butt. Then you r’s run MORE wingnuts?
I guess if one ass kicking is good, two much be better to the leaders of wingnuttia.
I hope you like whisky better than water. Four. More. Years. and we wont have any water for drinking.