By Stuart Elliott
Taken from: http://newappeal.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-i-am-voting-for-in-august-kansas.html

"I don't ever remember so many choices in the Kansas Democratic primary as we have this year.  There has been a lot more heat and dollars spent on the GOP side, so the information to make an informed decision has been hard to come by. For what it is worth, here are my recommendations.

U.S. Senate: CHARLES SCHOLLENBERGER is the candidate who has taken the most progressive positions on the issues. Schollenberger, so far as I can determine, is the only candidate to openly support unions and the Employee Free Choice Act.

On the economy, Schollenberger has articulated a strong, progressive program in contrast to Lisa Johnson who displays the rhetoric of the right. She writes about the "skyrocketing federal deficit" and promotes the misleading and dangerous notion that the federal government, instead of acting to stabilize the economy as a whole, should emulate the mythical household. David Haley in the Wichita Eagle Candidate survey also pushed the GOP line about balanced budgets and even supporting the line-item veto.

Schollenberger supports a strong economic recovery program and advocates that it be paid for by a financial transaction tax.

Schollenberger takes a courageous position in support of immigration reform and is strong in his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Haley on immigration channels Kris Kobach and Pat Buchanan, telling the Eagle that the U.S. must "immediately mitigate the rewards currently found for lawlessness and the resulting erosion of our established American culture."

Any of the Democrats will be a decided underdog to either Jerry Moran or Todd Tiahrt in the November.  Since there is no strong practical politics case that I can see for any of the Democratic rivals, I am going to vote for the most progressive candidate. That is clearly Schollenberger."

STUART ELLIOTT, based in Wichita, Kan., is dedicated to championing the causes of civil rights, social justice and democracy. He is active in the American Postal Workers Union and with workers' rights nationally and internationally. He blogs at http://newappeal.blogspot.com/ and is the webmaster for http://ksworkbeat.org/ of the Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation of Central Kansas, AFL-CIO. Contact him at stuart323@sbcglobal.net.