Republicans have it all in Kansas. A governor who is a firm believer in small government policies and tax cuts for business owners, a legislative body which is filled with a super-majority of largely conservative Republicans and an electorate who was willing to see the experiment through.
By all accounts, Sam Brownback had offered Kansans a Republican Utopia: a free hand to govern in a Republican way to grow the state. Praised by his peers and out of staters - including presidential candidates like Chris Christie who stopped in Kansas during the 2014 campaign - Brownback offered a fully conservative laboratory.
The Sun is Shining in Kansas - And Don't Let Anyone Tell you Different! was Sam Brownback's campaign slogan.
The Kansas Department of Labor Report for August tells us that too many Kansans don't need to be told any different; far too many of them received pink slips that leave them wondering first hand where the booming Kansas economy went.