The Los Angeles Times reports on the culture wars in Kansas. "Political observers say the fracture within the Kansas GOP may foreshadow the future for the national party. The division between moderates and social conservatives is expected to define the contest for the party's 2008 presidential nomination."
"Moderates who emphasize economic development and religious conservatives concerned with limiting abortion and gay rights have battled for more than a decade for control of the Kansas Republican Party, which dominates the state with 48% of registered voters. The remaining voters are split evenly between Democratic and Independent registration."
Meanwhile, the Hutchinson News says another politician has "joined the trickle of Republicans going Democrat in Kansas."