Moran's the Man
Posted by Concerned Kansans at 4/18/2008 2:23 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
When looking at the entire Kansas Congressional Delegation, one might have expected Nancy Boyda or Dennis Moore - the two Democratic representatives - to bring home the largest haul as they are facing highly-competitive challengers and can easily grab low-hanging special-interest money due to their Majority Party status. That said, neither of the two left-leaning Kansas representatives topped the 1st quarter fundraising total. In fact, it was Congressman Jerry Moran - the incumbent who will have the easiest road to re-election anywhere in the Sunflower State, if not the entire Country - that added the most dough to his campaign account.
During the first quarter of this year, Jerry Moran raised more than $260,000, bringing his total raised for this election cycle to just over $830,000. In contrast, his Democratic challenger, James Bordono, actually has a negative cash total in his bank account (more on that shortly). More importantly, this report leaves Congressman Moran with $1,915,092.57 in cash-on-hand. For those keeping track at home, that's roughly $1.9 million more than Moran will need to defeat Bordono - the K.D.P.'s sacrificial lamb.
To show you just how serious Mr. Bordono's Congressional aspirations are, during the first quarter of this year, when Jerry Moran was bringing in just south of $300,000, James Bordono raised $127 and spent $756 on a computer. This leaves him with a grand total of negative $528 in banked cash. We're still trying to confirm whether or not this is an F.E.C. violation (filing a report with negative cash on hand). In any case, if this report wasn't so pathetic, it would be comical.
While Bordono could raise the money to make this race competitive - anything could happen - we're not holding our breath. With that in mind, one wonders exactly why Jerry Moran is kicking so much tail on the fundraising front? It's certainly not to fend off a top-tier challenge during the 2008 cycle, that much is for sure.
If there were still any doubts lingering as to Congressman Moran's 2010 Senate aspirations, this report should put those to rest. While he obviously wouldn't touch the subject publicly (nor should he - he's going to be doing the peoples' work for another two years), we're confident/hopeful that Jerry Moran will run for Sam Brownback's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat.
StayRed would like to give some mega-props to Congressman Moran. It's quite obvious that he is taking absolutely nothing for granted. If he continues to pull in these mega-hauls, Moran will virtually eliminate the small chance that he will face a Primary challenge. Additionally, he will likely be able to double down on all of this money next year and could realistically end this election cycle with North of $2.25 million in the bank - all of which can be transferred to a Senate account with the explicit purpose of exposing the utterly ineffective record of Governor Kathy Sebelius.
Keep up the good work, Jerry.
During the first quarter of this year, Jerry Moran raised more than $260,000, bringing his total raised for this election cycle to just over $830,000. In contrast, his Democratic challenger, James Bordono, actually has a negative cash total in his bank account (more on that shortly). More importantly, this report leaves Congressman Moran with $1,915,092.57 in cash-on-hand. For those keeping track at home, that's roughly $1.9 million more than Moran will need to defeat Bordono - the K.D.P.'s sacrificial lamb.
To show you just how serious Mr. Bordono's Congressional aspirations are, during the first quarter of this year, when Jerry Moran was bringing in just south of $300,000, James Bordono raised $127 and spent $756 on a computer. This leaves him with a grand total of negative $528 in banked cash. We're still trying to confirm whether or not this is an F.E.C. violation (filing a report with negative cash on hand). In any case, if this report wasn't so pathetic, it would be comical.
While Bordono could raise the money to make this race competitive - anything could happen - we're not holding our breath. With that in mind, one wonders exactly why Jerry Moran is kicking so much tail on the fundraising front? It's certainly not to fend off a top-tier challenge during the 2008 cycle, that much is for sure.
If there were still any doubts lingering as to Congressman Moran's 2010 Senate aspirations, this report should put those to rest. While he obviously wouldn't touch the subject publicly (nor should he - he's going to be doing the peoples' work for another two years), we're confident/hopeful that Jerry Moran will run for Sam Brownback's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat.
StayRed would like to give some mega-props to Congressman Moran. It's quite obvious that he is taking absolutely nothing for granted. If he continues to pull in these mega-hauls, Moran will virtually eliminate the small chance that he will face a Primary challenge. Additionally, he will likely be able to double down on all of this money next year and could realistically end this election cycle with North of $2.25 million in the bank - all of which can be transferred to a Senate account with the explicit purpose of exposing the utterly ineffective record of Governor Kathy Sebelius.
Keep up the good work, Jerry.
Wow! BRILLIANT political insight! WAY TO GO YOU GUYS!!!
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Agreed. Nice to see Jerry working so hard. I'm confident he'll be able to stick it to crazy Kathy if he keeps it up.
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Moran is great and would be a great senator but let's see if he really pulls the trigger. Just remember, most people believe we wouldn't have Sebelius as our governor if Jerry had run in 02 or 06.
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Moran doesnt have the balls to run for a seat that he isn't certain he will win (see generally 02 and 06 Gov's race). Unless he has a clear path from both parties, he will keep his Congressional seat - guaranteed.
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FYI Jerry Moran would get crushed in Johnson, Shawnee and Sedgwick against just about anyone. He's smart to stay where he's at until there is an open path to a higher office, because he can't win outside of western Kansas against strong opposition.
P.S. It's B-O-R-D-O-N-A-R-O. Not Bordono. Once again, you lose all credibility when you don't even get his name right. It's not even a typo or an e instead of an o or something. It's not even close, and you spell it the same way every time. Moron.
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Look, that just goes to show the Demo boy has less name I.D. than Jackson Gike Schnicklefied.
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Wrong!
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IT'S M O R O N not MORAN.
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Yes, certainly James Bordoraro will lose, but you just look stupid when you misspell a candidate for Congress's name.
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You act like it took a brilliant political mind to figure out that Bordonaro was going to lose to Tiahrt. It's not like this guy was recruited or something. Everyone in the state, on both sides of the aisle, knows that Moran is safe. This race is not worth the space of this blog. But by all means, focus on it. We'll go ahead and focus on the Senate and the other 3 house races where Dems will win.
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Haha..that's hilarious. You realistically think that you have a chance of winning either KS-4 or the Senate seat? Really? Slattery will lose by 15 points...if he works his ass off. Boyda will be lucky to win re-election by any margin, and will only have a shot at doing so if Jenkins raises enough money to warrant retalliatory attacks from Jim Ryun. In KS-3, Moore was obviously mailing this one in, but Jordan proved that he has the mettle to make it competitive, if not to win. The odds of Repubs gaining seats - US Senate, Congress - are much higher than the odds of the Dems even retaining the ones they have.
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