Despite filing papers with the Kansas secretary of State to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race, Chad Taylor (D) could be stuck on the ballot this fall, The Hill reports.

“Two election law statutes have raised questions about whether Taylor gave sufficient cause to remove himself from the ballot, and, if so, whether Democrats must ultimately choose a candidate to replace him.”

Rick Hasen: “This could well end up in court, and I don’t have a good sense for how the courts would rule on this question.”

Rand Paul: “Some pundits are surprised that I support destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militarily. They shouldn’t be. I’ve said since I began public life that I am not an isolationist, nor am I an interventionist. I look at the world, and consider war, realistically and constitutionally.”

“I still see war as the last resort. But I agree with Reagan’s idea that no country should mistake U.S. reluctance for war for a lack of resolve.”

The Rothenberg Political Report says that Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) “has not been actively campaigning for about a month now.”

“The lack of a strong campaign infrastructure is one of the fundamental reasons why Roberts is in severe danger. He can’t count on the the traditionally red hue of Kansas in federal races to bail him out. Senate Minority Mitch McConnell is a long-time incumbent with deep negatives, but the sheer past performance of Kentucky would not be enough to pull him to victory in this environment. He has been running one of the most aggressive campaigns in the country for years. The same cannot be said for Roberts.”

When asked whether Hillary Clinton is “too cozy” with Wall Street, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told Yahoo News, “I worry a lot about the relationship between all of our regulators, government, Wall Street. I worry across the board.”

“If we can’t build a fence high enough… we ought to go to China and see how they built a wall.”

— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News, on illegal immigration.

The actor featured in a campaign ad for Kansas gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis (D) “was previously suspended from a teaching job in connection with inappropriate conduct with a student and had been arrested in connection with solicitation of sodomy in a law enforcement sting,” the Topeka Capital-Journal reports.

Davis’s campaign pulled the commercial and apologized for including the actor in the spot.

Larry Sabato: “In our latest shuffle of the 2016 Crystal Ball presidential outlook, we’ve decided that the Republican first tier is…empty. Our Republican friends might object, but deep down, we think they would be hard-pressed to argue for any single name to head this long list: There’s simply no one in the field who is clearly more likely to get the nomination than a half-dozen or more others.”

Sam Wang looks at the stunning news that Chad Taylor (D) dropped his Senate bid in Kansas allowing Greg Orman (I) to have a clear shot at taking down Sen. Pat Roberts (R).

“An Orman win could have a seismic effect on who controls the Senate. Orman says that he would caucus with the Senate’s two other independents, Bernie Sanders and Angus King. Both Sanders and King currently caucus with the Democrats. To be fair, Orman is not just a Democrat in disguise-he has promised to vote out Democrat Harry Reid as Majority Leader if he gets the chance. But Orman says that he wants to break the current gridlock in the Senate, and Senate Republicans have been gumming up the works on legislation and judicial appointments. So while Orman would be far from a shoo-in to vote for every Democratic position, he would certainly not be involved in any alliances with the Republicans.”

First Read: “The Republican Party in Kansas is bitterly divided. Roberts has his own set of problems, thanks to missteps that only reinforce the image that he’s gone too Washington. And in this political environment, it’s a big problem. Couple the two issues together — a divided state GOP and a bitter electorate at all things Washington — and suddenly you see a true bipartisan populist uprising of sorts that could start shaking more than just Kansas.”

National Journal: “With just 62 days to go until Election Day, the focus of the political world is on the 2014 midterms. Senate control hangs in the balance, and a number of highly competitive, currently neck-and-neck races will help determine who comes out on top.”

“But what happens on November 4 has a big impact for the 2016 election as well. There are many pivotal Senate, gubernatorial, and even down-ballot contests that carry implications for the next presidential race, some involving future White House prospects and others from parties testing future messages.”