This bit of news from Kansas goes well with the item below about how Democrats can’t find a challenger to Parker Griffith: “Local representatives Bob Grant, D-Cherokee, and Julie Menghini, D-Pittsburg, both expressed disappointment over Sen. Laura Kelly’s recent decision to end her bid for U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins’ Second Congressional District seat. For now, Jenkins, R-Kansas, does not have a Democrat challenger. And while Grant and Menghini both hope a Democrat will take back the seat — Democrat Nancy Boyda won the seat in 2006 — neither of them plan to throw their hat in the ring.”

There’s a rallying cry: “Boy, somebody should challenge that Republican… just not me!“

Each time a Democrat turns down a chance to run for Congress in 2010, it creates a snowball effect. When one Democrat sees other Democrats declining to run this year, it adds to the consensus that it’s going to be a bad, bad year for the party, and they also decide not to run. Of course, eventually this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the Democrats have a lot of potential candidates choosing to stay on the sidelines…