KS 3 - Dennis Moore vs. Nick Jordan

(It always bugged me why the republicans have to run conservatives in every district in the nation while democrats find candidates that fit the mold of the district.)

More times then not, the overwhelming Republican legislators find themselves making deals with the "moderate democratic governor" then between moderate republican and conservative republicans. And Kansas's conservatives have grown to sit home rather then to vote for moderate republicans and the moderate republicans have become used to vote for moderate democrat’s instead voting republican. Moderate republicans instead of running through a competitive primary against conservative republicans are switching parties and running as democrats (Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (KS 2nd) in a former republican).

The republicans have recruited this cycle State Senator Nick Jordan to run against Democrat Dennis Moore. His ACU average rating as a legislator is 93% but the greatest concern to democrats (and joy to republican) came from the Kansas City Star saying that Jordan has "shown an ability to appeal to conservative and moderate republican". With potentially avoiding a primary so he doesn't have to alienate either side in a primary. One of the things that hurt the GOP to defeat Moore was the primary every time when they had a good candidate.

President Bush is was in the district yesterday to raise funds for Jordan one would hope that they did some polling before bringing him in. But you can’t take it away from the president, that he still raises cash like no one else in the party and if he raises some 300k for Jordan today it might be worth bringing him in (but some might argue that it might not. You decide!) One thing that could avert attention from Bush is the story that appeared in The Hill this week about Moore's Chief of Staff violating house rules by sending a campaign email by house email.

The biggest county in the 3rd district is Johnson County and it's becoming more and more democratic and I don't understand how Phil Kline who lost to Moore in 2000 and became Attorney General in 2002 and then lost to a republican turned democrat and was as controversial as it gets, is now the district attorney for Johnson county.

Jordan could point out as Democrats always do with republicans in their races that they voted with Bush, he could point out that he voted with Pelosi 96.6% and it looks like he will have the money to get his message out.

As far as raising money, it looks like Jordan would close the gap with Moore pretty soon. He has 307,559. Cash on hand to Moore's 889,584.