Group Has Change of Heart, Backs Sen. Pat Roberts
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Inset: US Senate(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Pat Roberts achieved a key, albeit late, endorsement from the Tea Party Patriots on Tuesday, a group the Republican from Kansas previously had to fend off in his surprisingly brutal primary back in August.
With the prospect of Independent Greg Orman being the first non-Republican to win Roberts’ seat since 1932, big-name GOPers of all stripes have flooded Kansas to appeal to voters that the very balance of the Senate could rest in their hands.
In attack ads that ran against Roberts during his primary, the Tea Party Patriots led the charge in attacking the three-term incumbent for his coziness with the Washington establishment. But the group appears to have joined the ranks of Republicans like Sen. Rand Paul, who said in a Tuesday rally, “we’ve been counting on you, Kansas!”
Orman has made a point of celebrating endorsements from more moderate members of the Republican party in recent ads, despite Roberts’ attempts to paint him as a liberal Democrat in disguise.
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