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   In an election that witnessed crushing Democratic losses in the   
   U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives, and in key   
   gubernatorial races, the victories of Kansas Republicans Sam   
   Brownback and Pat Roberts have been among the most painful for   
   many Democrats to absorb.   
      
   Gov. Brownback, after all, trailed Democratic challenger Paul   
   Davis in the polls for most of the 2014 cycle, owing to the   
   destructive fiscal consequences of his large tax cuts. While   
   Democrats expected to sustain tough losses elsewhere, the   
   prospect of knocking off a right-wing governor in Kansas in an   
   otherwise good year for the GOP provided at least some solace.   
   Likewise, the perception that Sen. Roberts had lost touch with   
   the Sunflower State after 34 years in Congress and the vigorous   
   campaign waged by independent Greg Orman presented a rare   
   opportunity to defeat a GOP Senate incumbent.   
      
   Neither victory was to be. Brownback will preside over Kansas   
   for another four years, while Roberts dispatched Orman by a   
   larger-than-expected 11-point margin. What went wrong — and what   
   lessons can be drawn about the GOP’s other election night   
   victories? In the interview that follows, Thomas Frank, my Salon   
   colleague, fellow native Kansan, and author of What’s the Matter   
   with Kansas dissects the results — and goes hard after what he   
   calls an inept Democratic Party’s pathetic response to its   
   electoral defeats.   
      
   Thank you Thomas, you're an idiot.  Go out to the parking lot   
   and put your head behind the wheel of a parked car then just   
   wait.   
      
   http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/the_president_is_basically_in_hi   
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