The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Kansas Republicans End the State’s Failed Tax Reform Experiment
Gov. Sam Brownback's drastic tax cuts enacted five years ago left the state in a fiscal mess, unable to balance its budget and properly fund its public schools – and the governor's Republican colleagues in government finally had enough.
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Money Driving Politics: $430 Million Spent on Ad Wars In State Elections
More cash has gone to governors' races in Florida, Illinois and Pennsylvania than any U.S. Senate race – while Texas’s lieutenant governor and AG top state-level funding.
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A.L.E.C. Launches Ultra-Conservative Lobby Group to Corrupt Government At Local Level
Under the American City County Exchange, local and city councils will see more privatization, more public services sold off or cut, and decision-making increasingly in the hands of large corporations far away.
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The Matter With Kansas: State Is Broke Thanks to Governor's G.O.P. Tax Cuts
Kansas is hundreds of millions of dollars short in revenue collection, its job growth has lagged the rest of the nation, and Moody's has cut the state's bond rating. More Republican economics, anyone?
