Tim Carpenter
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2,284 appearances
17 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 3d ago
Tim Carpenter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A lot of them.
And the candidates showed up.
The Repu Kansas Republican Party set up a system in which you had to make a uh $10,000 donation to the Kansas Republican Party to participate in the key debates.
And uh
Vicki Schmidt, for example, declined, saying she was uh you know, objected to this uh ransom that you had to pay to participate.
Obviously, some candidates perhaps couldn't afford that.
Uh but do you think that does the whole process a disservice to exclude certain candidates?
And it's a de facto effort to just reward the wealthiest candidate.
Among those seeking the nomination?
Or is it just a way to clear out the clutter of these races where there's a large field?
seems like they're putting their finger on the scales.
The party leadership putting their finger on the scale in terms of excluding certain candidates that might detract or have a rebellious streak and make their the chosen top candidates look bad.
Another thing that should be left up to all the candidates perhaps.
think
All right, Bob, we're gonna leave it there.
I wanna thank Bob Beatty, uh political science professor at Washburn University in Topeka.
Uh I wanna thank you very much for your insights and helping us just kind of evaluate where we're at in this process and as we kind of decompress from the primary and get ready for the general.
Thanks a lot.
Not a chance.
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