Kansas Democrats selling out

The Kansas Democratic Party’s leadership has once again decided to sell a nomination to a Republican. They tried to sell their U.S. Senate nomination to Greg Orman in 2008 before getting a big lobbyist (in the year of change) to run. Now they have given a nod to Tom Wiggans to run for governor in 2010 (11/18, Local, “Retired exec in Kansas race”).

Regardless of what his party affiliation is now, not too long ago he was very Republican and probably somewhat conservative. He gave maximum contributions to John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani for their presidential runs in 2008. Of course, he also gave Barack Obama $5,000 ($2,700 more than allowed) a mere week before the election. This was after he decided to help the Kansas Democratic Party to the tune of at least $10,000.

This is the same Tom Wiggans who has never voted in a Kansas election. He has moved back to Kansas to enter politics, and the Kansas Democratic Party leadership is more than willing to have anyone run if they promised to fund their own campaign.

It seems that the party is more concerned with a moneyed candidate that a principled one.

Ed Coleman
Lenexa

Comments

[chalveyob]

Democrats can't win in Kansas unless they act like Republicans, so of course they are by nature dishonest.

[Arminius]

You have to feel for the Kansas Democrats. In the whole state of Kansas, they don't have a single member strong enough to take on Brownback, so they had to import this guy. The Pitch reports that when you sign up for Wiggan's e-mails, you get a response saying that Wiggans is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Apparently, governor wasn't his first choice.

[Stifled Freedom]

Good Mornnig Ed. Glad to see you woke up and realized that the two big policial parties dont have any principles. It's been this way for 30 years. It's now all about politics and control. Principles, Constitution, people, representation, and common sense no longer figure into it.