My republican state rep just rang my doorbell

She's a moderate republican. In Kansas, that means she'd be a Democrat if she lived in a bluer state.

We had an interesting conversation. I told her I almost felt sorry for today's republicans. She shook her head, said this has been a hard campaign. I asked her what she thought of Romney and she laughed.

We agree on every issue. She's pro-choice, wants schools funded and hates Brownback's tax plan.

I told her I was voting for the Democrat because I just can't support republicans. They've gone off the edge into crazy land. She laughed. I also told her I wish that the moderate republicans would just switch over to the Democratic party. Let the GOP destroy itself. She said I wasn't the first person to suggest that.

FYI, I live in a very red state but my little pocket voted for Obama and Kerry. And our prior state rep was a Democrat. Redistricting brought us into a new district. There are a few sane republicans left in the state legislature. I'm lucky to have one of them representing me. If she had been a tea partier, I doubt we would have had a reasonable conversation. LOL