The former Kansas governor’s radical economic agenda undermined the state’s prosperity, decimated vital government services, tanked his popularity, and put a Democrat in power. Could the same fate await the current president?
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Can Reasonable Republicans Stop Kris Kobach?
Around 40 percent of GOP lawmakers in Kansas refuse to endorse him for governor, but the base may not care.
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Sam Brownback to Protect the Religiously Oppressed
The former Kansas governor makes more enemies than friends, so his prospects as the religious ambassador are doubtful.
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Where Moderate Republicans Are Wildly Popular
The most popular Republicans in the country are blue state governors.
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Democrats Need to Educate People About Kansas
Democrats need to teach everyone about Sam Brownback’s epic failure.
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Murphy’s Law: Chris Christie’s Legacy is on the Ballot in New Jersey
Hey, if you were him, you’d be disgruntled too. Earlier this month, disgraced New Jersey Governor Chris Christie chewed out the man now expected to succeed him as the Garden State’s CEO: Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday gave a full-throttled attack against the person that polls show is the most likely to replace him, blasting […]
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Kansas Republicans Finally Turn on Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback’s legacy as governor of Kansas lies in ashes.
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Kansas’ Experiment in Right-Wing Economics Is Still Failing Miserably
Every few weeks I feel it’s important to return to the ongoing disaster in Sam Brownback’s Kansas. It doesn’t get nearly as much play as it should in the media, which is unfortunate because Kansas’ experience is definitive proof of the failure of supply-side, Laffer-curve-based economic theory. Under the leadership of Brownback and one of […]
