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Roger Marshall is running an all time terrible campaign
Red state MAGAs aren’t equipped for real competition and accountability.
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Last week, the Senate Leadership Fund, the most important Republican super PAC, froze its spending in North Carolina in order to fund a seven figure ad buy in … Kansas.
If you did a double take there, you are not alone. Democrats haven’t won a Senate seat in North Carolina in 18 years; abandoning the contest there is an embarrassment. But even more unsettling if you are a Republican is the fact the party is in serious trouble in Kansas, a state which hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932 — 94 years ago.
How has Donald Trump led the GOP down this dark alley? Part of it is his massively unpopular war, and his relentless commitment to raising prices on average Americans is certainly playing a role too. But another aspect is that Republican politicians, especially complacent red state ones like Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, are uniquely unsuited to withstanding competitive campaigns.
After decades of crawling further and further into the orifice of the right-wing media bubble, GOP candidates no longer know how to distinguish truth from reality, much less how to persuade skeptical voters.
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Kansas will still be an uphill battle for Democrats. But it’s been a delight watching Republicans scurry around on their bellies like roaches when you turn on the bathroom light.
Except roaches, of course, know how and where to run for cover. Republicans scramble in circles — and even occasionally just flip over on their backs, wave their arms in the air, and wait to get stomped.
What’s the matter with Kansas?
As anyone paying attention to polls or election news is well aware, the big picture for the GOP right now looks bleak.
Trump’s average approval is hovering around 35 percent. That’s driven in large part by deep dissatisfaction with his illegal war of aggression in Iran and the resulting spike in gas and diesel prices. An AP-NORC poll last week found that only 17 percent of adults approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, and only 26 percent approve of his record on the overall economy. Those are stunningly bad, record low numbers.