The latest from Kansas bloggers!

Thoughts from Kansas - Does Pat Roberts remember what he's supposed to be doing?: As former Kansas congressman Jim Slattery kicks off his campaign to replace Senator Pat "Memory Pills" Roberts, Roberts is already having trouble keeping his facts straight. Sean Tevis explains...

Mike Kuykendall - Standard anti-Bush fare, Kansas edition: ...in response to the local GOP's typically misleading campaigning in defense of incumbent Bushite Pat Roberts (who seems as though he may very well have a fight on his hands this fall against Jim Slattery.) Here are some more relevant facts about this election...

Blue Tide Rising - Potomac Pat Roberts and the art of political deflection: Pat Roberts knows he could lose his Senate seat for the same reason Jim Ryun lost his House seat in 2006. Over the last decade both Roberts and Ryun grew increasingly entrenched and comfortable in their seats and grew less and less interested in the folks back home.

Left Brain Kansas - Record prices at the pump = Record profts for Big Oil: Big Oil has been announcing staggering first-quarter oil profits this week. And while these record profits help to line the pockets of Big Oil CEO's, those same CEO's line the pockets of rotten politicians like Pat Roberts and Todd Tiahrt. And what are our pockets lined with? Well, mine feel about $50.00 lighter every time I fill up my gas tank. How about yours?

WE Blog - Sebelius right to reject weak coal compromise: As expected, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius today rejected the “compromise” coal plant proposed by legislative leaders.

Everyday Citizen - Pat Roberts vs. Jim Slattery gets ugly fast: Senator Pat Roberts might do well to take some of his memory pills. For whatever reason, he and the Kansas Republican Party have decided to go down a path that certainly didn't work very well for Jim Ryun in 2006 as they threw up a barrage of negative radio ads and ad hominem attacks against former Congressman Jim Slattery on the day Slattery made his run for the United States Senate official.