Post by Logan on Feb 17, 2016 8:21:19 GMT -6
A memorandum from Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce shared with Republican allies outlines strategy for dominating the 2016 legislative session and transitioning to re-election campaigns based on work to shrink welfare benefits, cut spending, strengthen a local property tax cap and reject Medicaid expansion.
The internal blueprint for success featured polling that denoted ballot-box advantages held by generic GOP candidates in Kansas elections, delved into political obstacles threatening the “Kansas Republican brand” and concluded development of a campaign formula beneficial to all 32 Senate Republicans — conservatives and moderates — was impractical.
In an interview, Bruce said the intent was to connect the dots for senators preparing for 2016 re-election contests.
“People wanted to see it in writing,” he said. “I got a lot of questions about what the session would look like and how that would situate us for public debate during an election cycle. We obviously have a few things we want to get accomplished policy-wise.”
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-16/senate-gop-memo-offers-glimpses-internal-political-strategy
The internal blueprint for success featured polling that denoted ballot-box advantages held by generic GOP candidates in Kansas elections, delved into political obstacles threatening the “Kansas Republican brand” and concluded development of a campaign formula beneficial to all 32 Senate Republicans — conservatives and moderates — was impractical.
In an interview, Bruce said the intent was to connect the dots for senators preparing for 2016 re-election contests.
“People wanted to see it in writing,” he said. “I got a lot of questions about what the session would look like and how that would situate us for public debate during an election cycle. We obviously have a few things we want to get accomplished policy-wise.”
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-02-16/senate-gop-memo-offers-glimpses-internal-political-strategy