Teabagger Extortion In Kansas

Besieged Kansas Republican fossil Sen. Pat "Standing Pat" Roberts is facing the test of his political career this November.  He faces a popular independent, Greg Orman, whose chances of election rose after the Dem candidate dropped out of the race.  Now, Kansas teabaggers are threatening to sit out the election if Roberts doesn't bow to their demands.  Ironically, Roberts is one of the most conservative members of the Senate, but apparently hasn't drunk enough of the radical right-wing teabagger Kool Aid to satisfy the "base."  This, along with the recently defeated Rep. Eric "Cancer" Cantor, is a pointed example of "you reap what you sow": after decades of encouraging increasingly radical thinking by their angry "base," it is establishment Rethug politicians themselves who are endangered.

Orman has committed to caucusing with the party has the majority of seats in the Senate.  Maintaining Dem control of the Senate could hinge on this race.