KS-SEN 2020 Megathread: Marshall overperforms and wins

[Storr]

I'd stay put if I were Pompeo. That's just me though.

Maybe he's worrying that Trump might start to turn on him? Or maybe he's wanting the long-term stability of a Senate seat? Either way, I don't see him jumping from his current role unless there's publicly unknown drama among the top foreign policy positions of the administration or Trump beginning to dislike Pompeo for whatever reasons.

[Storr]

Excellent writeup on this race.

The Senate race in Kansas is a microcosm of the political woes facing Republicans these days. It features an ideologically extreme, Trumpian candidate; a party institutionally incapable of tending to its best interests; and a Democratic challenger trying to exploit the GOP’s utter collapse in the suburbs as she tries to become the first Democratic senator elected from the Sunflower State in nearly 90 years.

The primary, scheduled for Aug. 4, is the latest high-stakes test of whether Republican voters will cater to their base’s worst excesses or nominate a mainstream candidate capable of winning a solidly Republican state. What’s most remarkable about the contest is that the so-called GOP establishment, after raising warnings about former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, has been incapable of rallying behind an electable alternative.

This stood out: "Given that slippage, Republicans expect the general election to be unusually competitive, regardless of the GOP nominee. But if Kobach emerges, Republicans fret the race would be close to a lost cause. With two weeks to go, it’s surprising there isn’t more GOP urgency to rally around their most electable candidate."

[Storr]

Marshall weighs in on the Harris pick:https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1293588053550718980?s=20

Bollier has not yet, but she did receive Harris' endorsement last week and responded to it:
https://twitter.com/BarbaraBollier/status/1291183961893478401?s=20

Bollier has a new ad on the airwaves featuring former GOP rep Tom Moxley endorsing her. Pretty effective in rural areas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztv7ADlqROg

The Biden-Harris-Schumer-Pelosi-Bollier ticket is definitely a mouthful.