Democrats and Republican centrists, meanwhile, seemed in a state of disbelief. “This is like Brownback on steroids,” one educator told me. “We just started to turn things around,” said another. Or, “If Brownback was the common cold to public education, Kobach will be heart disease.” When I asked critics why they thought Kansas might vote for Kobach after the state’s experiences with Brownback, every respondent answered by describing Kobach supporters with language of misinformation, amnesia, and lack of education. “People just forget how bad things were,” was a familiar refrain. Or, “They just
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