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Apologies for the temporary hiatus over the past few days – the Diver was busy running down leads for several new blockbuster stories, including, but not limited to a tip that Sam Brownback has agreed to donate 100% of his campaign contributions to Haiti because he doesn’t need them.
In other news, Todd Tiahrt continues to [...]

Dirt Diver has learned that Kansas GOP chairwoman Amanda Adkins took an emergency flight to Washington D.C. this week to attend a meeting with Peter Orszag, White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  The meeting was set up by RNC chairman Michael Steele at Adkins’ request.
According to sources familiar with the [...]

Former legislator-turned-outspoken political columnist Ben Hodge pulls no punches in a scathing article on KS-03 congressional candidate Nick Jordan, in essence calling him George W. Bush with less “gravitas.”  The headline is priceless.
The Nick Jordan story is a fascinating one – just two years ago he was the runaway favorite in the GOP primary and [...]

Going out on a limb today to predict the ultimate demise of the Wasinger campaign, after the Right Kansas blog posted 4th quarter fundraising numbers…in short, Wasinger isn’t keeping pace.  In fact, he’s now in 3rd place behind Jim Barnett and in danger of splitting the conservative vote with Wasinger, meaning the moderate Barnett would [...]

Welcome to your new job, Ashley McMillan!  Dirt Diver is eagerly awaiting the release of the FEC audit results and the latest update to the Kansas Republican Party’s cash on hand.  In the meantime, here’s a funny:

Following Kansas Days, the Diver thought it would be a good time to share some real emails from real Diver readers:

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Thanks for ruining the big surprise about my forthcoming departure from the Kansas GOP. -CiCi Rojas
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Thanks for pointing out what an imbecile that CiCi Rojas really is.  We should have fired [...]

UPDATE:This story is now breaking all over the Kansas media, and it appears the biggest loser so far isn’t CiCi Rojas, but Kris Kobach.  Regardless of who is to blame, it appears Kobach has the most to lose due to his campaign for Secretary of State.  In the mean time, the Kansas media is still [...]

Staffers for Jerry Moran were scrambling last night to come up with a response to the Tiahrt campaign’s opening TV barrage that sought to contrast Todd Tiahrt’s devilish good looks and manly countenance against the balding and feeble body of Jerry Moran.  To avoid losing viewers who might avert their eyes when exposed to imagery [...]

Update: The Kansas City Star confirmed this four days after the Diver first broke this story.  Four days, people…isn’t it time to start calling it a “confirmation” paper instead of a “news” paper?

Dirt Diver has learned that the Kansas Republican Party will no longer suffer under the direction of Executive Director CiCi Rojas.
Multiple sources have [...]

A new source, code named the “KC Kid,” informs us that strange things are afoot at the Kansas GOP headquarters.  Despite having a lock on the governor’s mansion in 2010, it seems the Grand Old Party is having trouble paying the bills.
But that’s not all.  There’s a whole lot of finger-pointin’ going on, too.  Start [...]