Jean Schodorf, Republican state senator representing Kansas, has said that she plans on leaving the party to either become an Independent or a Democrat.
She said, "When I heard that while people were suffering from the recession that Republican leaders were plotting to get even with the president, that was it."
She added, "When Sam Brownback came to Kansas he said he only wanted Republican votes for the budget. That was so foreign to me, we always worked together."
Schodorf is known as a moderate Republican, which is rare nowadays. Moderate Republican anymore is as oxymoronic (copyright that!) as dumb genius, feminine bodybuilder or consistent Romney. The handful of moderate Republicans that were left in Congress have either already been voted out or may very well be on the verge of being ousted in the coming elections - that or they have pulled a Romney and seemingly transformed themselves from moderate to extremely conservative overnight. Yes, it can be done. Robots are easily programmable.
As liberal as I am, I wish there were more moderate on both sides of the aisle in Congress. Regardless of how liberal or conservative one may be, the fact of the matter is the majority in this country classifies themselves as moderate - perhaps slightly left of center on social issues and slightly right of center on economic ones. We'd be much better served by moderates whom are willing to work with the other party and willing to compromise to move this country forward. I wish Senator Schodorf the best. I sincerely hope that moderates such as herself begin representing our states and this country in place of the extremists being voted into office (especially on the right, to which Senator Schodorf can attest).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/jean-schodorf-kansas-republican_n_1855033.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
She said, "When I heard that while people were suffering from the recession that Republican leaders were plotting to get even with the president, that was it."
She added, "When Sam Brownback came to Kansas he said he only wanted Republican votes for the budget. That was so foreign to me, we always worked together."
Schodorf is known as a moderate Republican, which is rare nowadays. Moderate Republican anymore is as oxymoronic (copyright that!) as dumb genius, feminine bodybuilder or consistent Romney. The handful of moderate Republicans that were left in Congress have either already been voted out or may very well be on the verge of being ousted in the coming elections - that or they have pulled a Romney and seemingly transformed themselves from moderate to extremely conservative overnight. Yes, it can be done. Robots are easily programmable.
As liberal as I am, I wish there were more moderate on both sides of the aisle in Congress. Regardless of how liberal or conservative one may be, the fact of the matter is the majority in this country classifies themselves as moderate - perhaps slightly left of center on social issues and slightly right of center on economic ones. We'd be much better served by moderates whom are willing to work with the other party and willing to compromise to move this country forward. I wish Senator Schodorf the best. I sincerely hope that moderates such as herself begin representing our states and this country in place of the extremists being voted into office (especially on the right, to which Senator Schodorf can attest).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/jean-schodorf-kansas-republican_n_1855033.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
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