Some folks in Kansas decide that they no longer want any part of the crazy Republican party.
Nor is Morrison alone. In a state that voted nearly 2 to 1 for President Bush in 2004, nine former Republicans will be on the November ballot as Democrats. Among them is Mark Parkinson, a former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, who changed parties to run for lieutenant governor with the popular Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius.
"I’d reached a breaking point," Parkinson said, preparing for a rally in Wichita alongside Sebelius. "I want to work on relevant issues and not on a lot of things that don’t matter."
Some day fiscal conservatives like me may actually switch back to the Republican Party, but they are first going to have to get rid of the stink of Christian fundamentalists, war-hungry neocons, and irresponsible tax cutting budget busters.
Now that I think about it, this may take a while.
As a Kansas Republican I am fed up with the Republican party in Kansas. There are some real nut-jobs in the party. There are some real nut-jobs in the democratic party also. I will be voting for Morrison for AG, but will not be switching my party affiliation. In fact, moderates in Kansas have been gaining more control at the local level and I expect that the Republican party will become more centrist in the future.