Comments on: ‘Lobbyist’ became Jim Slattery’s first name

By: Phantom

Phantom — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:48:07 +0000

There may not have been enough money invested in the Slattery campaign. I think it was lost before it ever began. Seemed like a very low profile campaign.
Only bested by Betts campaign.

By: Monkeyhawk

Monkeyhawk — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:41:02 +0000

I’m a Democrat but I never got the idea Slattery wanted it enough.

The silly commercials needed to be backed up with rallies and free media opportunities.

He snuck into my town one day and got the requisite story in the next day’s paper. It’s not as if there is a strong Democratic organization in this little corner of Kansas (in 1936, Alf Landon carried Maine, Vermont, and Allen County), but we could have filled a coffee shop for an hour if we’d known he was coming to town.

I’m still unconvinced Sam Brownback will honor his pledge to retire from the Senate in 2010.

By: Political_mama

Political_mama — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:29:07 +0000

Graves, the beloved republican governor also became a lobbyist. But I’ll bet anything those republicans would be willing to overlook it. They sure were with Bush.

By: BlueJay

BlueJay — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:04:42 +0000

What’s the matter with Kansas?

By: Royall

Royall — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:05:54 +0000

The lesson of the ‘08 campaign is that Kansans vote Republican even when the candidate has performed poorly (Roberts) or when the candidate is unprepared for the job (Palin).

Roberts attacked early and it worked in Kansas because voters were being told what they wanted to hear, anyway.

McCain attacked early nationally and lost.