Is it possible more Kansans approve of President Obama’s job performance than Gov. Sam Brownback’s? That was the result of the latest SurveyUSA poll, conducted by KWCH, Channel 12, from a sample of 523 registered Kansas voters that was 46 percent Republican, 25 percent Democratic and 28 percent independent. The poll found that 38 and 36 percent of those surveyed approved of the job performance of Obama and Brownback, respectively. They were less neck and neck in disapproval ratings – 56 percent for Obama and 49 percent for Brownback. The governor’s approval had slipped 4 percentage points since November. Meanwhile, 41 and 40 percent of those polled approved of the job performance of Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts, respectively.
Wichita Greyhound Park owner Phil Ruffin wants a do-over of the 2007 Sedgwick County vote that narrowly rejected slot machines at the facility and led to its closing. If a bill to authorize another vote could get past the Legislature and anti-gaming Gov. Sam Brownback – a big “if” – and if proponents could round up 5,000 petition signatures and get it on a ballot, the issue would have better luck this time, judging from a new SurveyUSA poll sponsored by KWCH, Channel 12. In the survey, 71 percent of the 500 people polled in Sedgwick County said they supported allowing slots at the track. The strongest support, 80 percent, came from 18- through 34-year-olds.
Kansas has more wind power under construction than any other state, according to the American Wind Energy Association. It has more than 1,188 megawatts of wind power scheduled to come on line in 2012. But Kansas still isn’t among the top 10 states in overall wind power (Texas is No. 1). So there is a lot of room for growth. A key to that continued development is Congress’ extension of the wind production tax credit, which is set to expire this year.
“When is it going to end?” – state Sen. John Vratil (in photo), R-Leawood, on the steady stream of troubling revelations about the governor’s tax-cut plan
“Barack Obama has about as much to do with the killing of Osama bin Laden as I did this with the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory this season over the Green Bay Packers.” – U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler, in a post-State of the Union e-mail to supporters about the president’s “misdirections, misstatements, deceptions and outright lies”
“If people are saying those horrible things about me, I’m going to push even harder.” – Secretary of State Kris Kobach, in an NPR.org item headlined “Will Backing of Anti-Immigration Movement’s ‘Dark Lord’ Haunt Romney?”
Is it possible more Kansans approve of President Obama’s job performance than Gov. Sam Brownback’s? That was the result of the latest SurveyUSA poll, conducted by KWCH, Channel 12, from a sample of 523 registered Kansas voters that was 46 percent Republican, 25 percent Democratic and 28 percent independent. The poll found that 38 and 36 percent of those surveyed approved of the job performance of Obama and Brownback, respectively. They were less neck and neck in disapproval ratings – 56 percent for Obama and 49 percent for Brownback. The governor’s approval had slipped 4 percentage points since November. Meanwhile, 41 and 40 percent of those polled approved of the job performance of Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts, respectively.
