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Republicans make a choice

Members of the GOP in Kansas voted in caucuses today. Here are the results of voting, provided by the Kansas Republican Party.

Libertarian bid for White House launched
May 13, 2008
Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.
Democrats pressing to expand GI bill
By Anne Flaherty - Associated Press Writer
May 13, 2008
Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this election season and become an albatross for Republicans.
Justices’ recusals allow apartheid case to proceed
Associated Press
May 13, 2008
For one day at least, a Supreme Court case came down to the justices’ investment ideas, not their legal philosophies.
Web fuels, facilitates new politics of rumor-mongering
By Matt Stearns - McClatchy Newspapers
May 11, 2008
Some things about Barack Obama rub some voters the wrong way. “We don’t need a Muslim,” said Jannay Smith, a retiree from Kokomo, Ind. “Who’s to say if he gets in there what he’ll do?”
Obama rally draws fans across racial, age spectrum
By Alexander Parker
May 11, 2008
When it comes to the 2008 race for president, Krystal Jumping Elk, a freshman at Haskell Indian Nations University, says only one candidate is thinking about issues important to American Indians. And after former Sen. Tom Daschle, of South Dakota, campaigned at Haskell for Barack Obama in late January, Jumping Elk said many of her classmates began to support the Illinois senator.
Obama now ahead in superdelegates
May 11, 2008
Barack Obama erased Hillary Clinton’s once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomination for president.
Frustration with special counsel detailed
By Christopher Lee - The Washington Post
May 11, 2008
Last September, career investigators at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel opened a probe into whether partisan politics were a factor in the Justice Department’s prosecution of former Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman on corruption charges in 2006.
Immigration issue isn’t going away, legislators say
By Carl Manning - Associated Press Writer
May 10, 2008
Legislators failed to pass any immigration bill this year, but it’s an issue that’s not going away anytime soon.
Scientists gather for crash course in political science
By Seth Borenstein - Associated Press
May 10, 2008
Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he’s heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.
Analysis: ‘Hillary Dems’ could be up for grabs
By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press Writer
May 10, 2008
With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over “Hillary Democrats” — the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama’s historic candidacy.
Kansas group appointed to look at climate change
By Scott Rothschild
May 10, 2008
A new group will soon tackle the politically charged issue of reducing climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions in Kansas.
Housing aid bills face vetoes
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis - Associated Press Writer
May 9, 2008
They’re trapped in loans they can’t afford and saddled with more debt than their homes are worth.
Lawmakers hash out farm bill
By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press Writer
May 9, 2008
Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department’s food and farm programs.
Obama gets big welcome, fresh support on Capitol tour
By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press Writer
May 9, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner’s welcome back at the Capitol Thursday, pressing congressional “superdelegates” to support him in a visit that had the look and feel of a campaign victory lap.
Obama voting event set for Saturday
J-W Staff Reports
May 9, 2008
The 2008 Barack Obama campaign will have a “Vote for Change” kickoff event Saturday in the Burge Union on the Kansas University campus, 1601 Irving Hill Road.

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