KS-Sen: Taylor drops out

[Never]

There is an official letter stating this.

[Never]

I just saw that on John Celock's Twitter account, with a letter signed by Taylor.

[ProudModerate2]

Wow !
Could it be a hoax ? Some prankster ?

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

Now the bigger question is who is the one that will post Ron Paul "it's happening" on this thread?

[Maxwell]

Holy ish, didn't think this was actually gonna happen. Move this to at least a Toss-Up, Tilt R.

[RogueBeaver]

Roberts still wins, IMO.

[free my dawg]

Call me crazy, but I think Orman takes it.

[Vega]

Call me crazy, but I think Orman takes it.

You're not crazy at all.

This is fantastic news.

[Never]

Call me crazy, but I think Orman takes it.

I don't think that's crazy; this race is definitely competitive enough now that Orman could win.

[Vega]

Call me crazy, but I think Orman takes it.

I don't think that's crazy; this race is definitely competitive enough now that Orman could win.

It think more Pat Roberts people are going to defect to Orman since he's not a Democrat.

[windjammer]

Roberts still wins, IMO.

[Never]

Call me crazy, but I think Orman takes it.

I don't think that's crazy; this race is definitely competitive enough now that Orman could win.

It think more Pat Roberts people are going to defect to Orman since he's not a Democrat.

We'll see about that, but without Taylor in the race, I suspect most of his supporters will move into Orman's camp, so Orman at least has that potential benefit.

[eric82oslo]

Let this move from R+9 (538) to D+9 now.

Edit: I meant I+9 of course.

The I/D tickets are gonna sweep Kansas and Alaska now. At least Kansas. Alaska is more of a toss up in both categories I guess.

[ProudModerate2]

But if Orman were to win, who will he side with ?
There is no guarantee it will be the Democrats.
Here is an excerpt from a recent article in the Washington Post :

... he won't reveal who he would caucus with -- other than to say he'd likely side with the majority party.

If the majority were to come down to him? He's leaving his options open.

"If I get elected, there's a reasonable chance neither party has a majority in the U.S. Senate," he said. "And if that's the case, what I would do is sit down with both parties and have a real frank discussion about the agenda they want to follow."

Here is link to full article : http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/29/the-kansas-senate-race-presents-democrats-with-an-opening-and-an-awkward-dilemma/

[windjammer]

But if Orman were to win, who will he side with ?
There is no guarantee it will be the Democrats.
Here is an excerpt from a recent article in the Washington Post :

... he won't reveal who he would caucus with -- other than to say he'd likely side with the majority party.

If the majority were to come down to him? He's leaving his options open.

"If I get elected, there's a reasonable chance neither party has a majority in the U.S. Senate," he said. "And if that's the case, what I would do is sit down with both parties and have a real frank discussion about the agenda they want to follow."

Here is link to full article : http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/29/the-kansas-senate-race-presents-democrats-with-an-opening-and-an-awkward-dilemma/

He would basically be Angus King I guess?

[Maxwell]

I mean, I still think Roberts is decently likely to pull it out, if only because, especially compared to Angus King, Orman sounds like he has no substance. At least Angus King had real positions on some issues.

[7,052,770]

Isn't Orman to the left of Taylor anyway, politically?

[ProudModerate2]

It seems that the deadline date set by the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office for withdrawal, was today by 5 pm local time.
Taylor was reached by phone in his car, and told a local reporter that he turned in the papers to withdraw at 4:15 p.m.

[eric82oslo]

Isn't Orman to the left of Taylor anyway, politically?

According to that ideology chart we saw posted recently, he is way, way, way to Taylor's left.
Don't know how much truth there was to that though? According to it, Taylor was basically just as conservative as Roberts, which doesn't seem believable to me at all.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I actually think Orman may win.

[windjammer]

I mean, I still think Roberts is decently likely to pull it out, if only because, especially compared to Angus King, Orman sounds like he has no substance. At least Angus King had real positions on some issues.

I just read Orman's platform. http://www.ormanforsenate.com/issues
He's basically a moderate hero. "I OWN 2 GUNS BUT I SUPPORT BACKGROUND CHECK"

[Maxwell]

Isn't Orman to the left of Taylor anyway, politically?

Orman doesn't really seem to have any ideology other than being a moderate.

[Never]

It seems that the deadline date set by the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office for withdrawal, was today by 5 pm local time.
Taylor was reached by phone in his car, and told a local reporter that he turned in the papers to withdraw at 4:15 p.m.

What a close call!

[Never]

Politico has an article relating to Taylor dropping out of the Kansas Senate race.

[ProudModerate2]

This could end up being one of the most interesting races for the Senate.
Especially if his decision to go one way or the other, makes the final count to either a 50-50 Senate or a 51-49 Senate.