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And a happy Day after Phill Kline declared he was running....
According to a piece on PrimeBuzz, Kline explained himself a little Tuesday after saying that he would not seek election back in December. Hint: He says ..."HAHAHA! You believed that!?"

Pat Roberts made the butt of the Daily Show's jokes.... oops...



So Speedy McRoberts maybe shouldn't copy off his classmate's papers.... doah!

Revised graduation standards for Shawnee Mission Schools have now been approved.

Since yesterday was Filing Day.... its important to know that a whopping FOUR incumbents gave up their seats on the Kansas State School Board... which means we could lose our moderate majority again ... and subject our state to another round of evolution hearings. This will be another front line we're fighting over at the MAINstream... as if we didn't alreay have enough with Phill Kline and the Right Wing Judges.

The moderate coalition has a 6-4 majority.

Carol Rupe, a moderate Wichita Republican, has decided not to seek re-election. She said after eight years, she's served long enough.

Steve Abrams, a conservative Arkansas City Republican, filed Tuesday for a state Senate seat.

Also running for the state Senate is Sue Gamble, a moderate Republican from Shawnee.

And Bill Wagnon, a Topeka Democrat, said in 2005 that he wouldn't run again this year.

Pro-Evolution conservative Catholic David Dennis files to run against Steve Abrams in the Wichita Board of Education seat. find out more about Dennis at his website.

The CapJournal also reports that the State BOE is Up for Grabs

Get ready for a very different Kansas State Board of Education — or not.

State board observers are waiting to see if the pendulum is about to swing back to conservatives after two years under the control of moderate or liberal members. But where the board will land after elections is anyone's guess. With half the seats up for election, only one candidate will take the power of incumbency to the polls.

"The elections are going to be very important," said Tom Krebs, governmental relations specialist for the Kansas Association of School Boards. "Elections matter."

What is clear is that the board will look different. Kathy Martin, a conservative Republican from Clay Center, is the only incumbent seeking re-election.

Rep. Nancy Boyda kinda... accidentally endorses Obama... Is anything ever off the record anymore? Of course not...

Also on the Daily Show... Sen. Jim Webb




British publication - The Times Online has a story about the President saying that he now "regrets" going to war and being known as the "war President." When the White House realized the President had said this without its consent they were quick to say that while interviewing with the British paper ... something must have been confused in the language translation...

Young Voters, are apparently headed to the South as part of efforts to help Obama's Campaign. They are among a group called Obama Organizing Fellows, and they will devote six weeks to Obama's presidential bid.

You may have heard last week that the unemployment rate for May increased to 5.5%, the largest jump in 22 years. Elaine Chao, the head of the Department of Labor, made a bold and ridiculous claim that the sharp jump was due to an unusually large number of graduates entering the job market:

Via Shame on Elaine:

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the May employment situation report released today:

“Today’s increase in the unemployment rate reflects the fact that unusually large numbers of students and graduates are entering the labor market.”

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