Now comes word that our Lieutenant Governor, Mark Parkinson, will not run for Governor in 2010. The story is here:
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_
news/story/962059.html
As you may recall, Parkinson is a former state Republican Party chair who switched parties to run for Lieutenant Governor on the Sebelius ticket. He was widely considered the future gubernatorial standard-bearer for the Dems. Sam Brownback is now the odds-on favorite to be the next governor. Expect a resurrection (pardon the pun) of the abortion war that former attorney general Phill Kline waged against one of the country's few abortion providers, Wichita physician George Tiller, as well as appointments to various governmental positions that will ensure further cuts in services to low-income people, and an easing of environmental restrictions.
Governor Sebelius was great in a lot of ways, but not even she could sufficiently build the party to prevent a disaster like this.
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