(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers Sept. 8, 2014)
You almost have to wonder whether those two appropriately dressed debaters at the Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson are dividing Kansas voters into two separate groups—those who are intimately familiar with the operation of Congress, and those who aren’t.
That debate, of course, was between Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts and independent candidate Greg Orman. They both wore sport coats with open-collar shirts, while at the earlier debate, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback was one of the only people in Hutchinson wearing a coat and tie on Saturday morning, and Democrat House Minority Leader Paul Davis apparently couldn’t find his coat and was dressed like most of the hamburger vendors.