>> But Brownback is different. He has rather courageously <<
I think you have it backwards. Roberts has one of the most reliably conservative records in the U.S. Senate and is a handful of few Senators who has stood with Ted Cruz when we need him. He is across the board conservative on every major issue.
Brownback, on the other hand, was pretty squishy and noticeably to Robert's left when the two served together to D.C. (despite portraying himself as the pro-life savior when he ran for President) and has really gone off the reservation on the "I gotta reward illegal aliens because Jesus and the Bible want me to" delusions.
Interesting enough, they BOTH voted the wrong way on the Selibus nomination, but Roberts was ranked over the coals for it while Brownback got a pass and his fan club made excuses for him ("he just did it to get her out of Kansas" "he HAD to vote for her because she was from his home state", etc.)
Giving 20X more focus to "taking out Roberts" in the primary instead of Brownback was a huge mistake, IMO.
There's something strange going on in Kansas, though. It's usually a safe GOP state, yet ALL the GOP incumbents are in dead heats for re-election during an election year that's leaning strongly GOP nationally.
Roberts really hasn’t been ‘reliably conservative’ in all areas - especially the debt ceiling. I thought long and hard about who to vote for in the primary...I liked Wolfe, but knew he would lose in the general. But in the end I decided to vote on principle, and voted for Wolfe.
I think Wolfe would not have praised and enabled Sebelius, and I think Wolfe would refuse to raise the debt ceiling.
But now I will vote for Roberts. His Dem challenger is my county DA, and I really don’t know much about his politics, other than he is pro 2nd amendment. I doubt there is much difference between the two, but when it comes to the ‘head count’ for the majority. Roberts is best.
On to Brownback - you have complaints about what he did in his last job...but little to say about his current job. Yes he is wrong on immigration. But frankly, as governor of a non-border state, he can’t do too much harm in that arena. But in other areas, he has acted as a junior Scott Walker - really busting teacher and government employee union tactics. Our Dept of Agriculture was becoming infested with liberals from Lawrence, KS (a very liberal place 25 minutes away from Topeka)....so Brownback closed their office in Topeka and moved it 60 miles west, to where the AG is actually occurring. The lib types have mostly quit, not wanting to commute, and he has essentially cleaned house on an entire agency, That’s just one example of how little by little, Brownback is pushing back the tide of creeping socialism in our state. I applaud him, and I hope he wins.