By
Patrick Caldwell
One Wednesday afternoon in mid-August,
Govs. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Chris Christie of New Jersey stopped for a
photo op—and $54 worth of pork ribs and sausages—at Oklahoma Joe's, a gas
station barbecue joint on the outer fringe of Kansas City. Along with hickory
smoke and diesel fumes, there was a mild aroma of desperation in the air.
Brownback's approval ratings hovered in the mid-30s, and one recent poll had his
Democratic opponent, state House Minority Leader Paul Davis, beating him by 10
points. Now Christie, the chair of the Republican Governors Association, had
parachuted in to lend some star power as Brownback made a fundraising swing
through the wealthy suburbs outside of Kansas City. A day earlier, the RGA had
announced a $600,000 ad buy in support of Brownback. "We believe in Sam,"
Christie assured the scrum of reporters who'd accompanied the governors to
Oklahoma Joe's. [READ MORE]
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