Two GOP Political Dwarves Square Off For The Honor Of Being Pulverized By Katherine Sebelius

Sam Brownback, a suspected Opus Dei cultist and admitted far right religious fanatic, obsessed with bizarre morbid sexuality, decided to retire from the Senate and run for the Kansas governor's mansion in 2010. The current governor, wildly popular Democrat Katherine Sebelius, is serving her second and last term and is likely to trade jobs with him.

But a couple of Republican hack pols have decided to fight it out in a primary contest over who will have the honor of being defeated by her. Todd Tiahrt announced his bid yesterday in Topeka. The other one, who announced after winning re-election to his House seat in November is Jerry Moran. Although the differences between them are barely perceptible, Tiahrt is considered to the right of the Nazi Party and Moran is just a garden variety conservative extremist. In terms of their congressional voting records, they were both absolute rubber stamps for Bush. Moran has a 5.16 (out of 100) on the Progressive Punch score of crucial partisan votes and Tiahrt has a 2.23. In the arcane world of right wing fanaticism, that makes one (Tiahrt) purer than the other (Moran). Neither has ever voted in favor of anything that would benefit working families and each is considered a complete shill for Big Business.

Polls show Moran way ahead of Tiahrt, who is perceived by the Kansans who even know who he is as an extremist and kind of a far right fringe candidate. The fact that he's further right will tend to help him as the primary gets really contentious, as is expected, probably by noon tomorrow.