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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, listens while Republican Sen. Pat Roberts talks to supporters at a campaign stop at Johnson County Republican headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in Overland Park, Kan. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Declaring "I am tea party," Sarah Palin on Thursday hit the campaign trail in Kansas to convince Sunflower State voters that imperiled Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is an bona fide champion of the ideological mulishness another of his surrogates lambasted just days before.

"He's not wishy-washy on the fence like you-know-who, the other guy," Palin said, according to the Washington Post, referring to Roberts' opponent, independent candidate Greg Orman, who's given the incumbent an unexpected run for his money. "I am so thankful because we need those with that stiff spine, with the principles that are so invicted [sic] within them, that they take a side."

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Greg Orman, an independent Senate candidate from Kansas, tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes why he believes Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, needs to be def...

Since her brief stint as the GOP's vice presidential nominee, the former Alaska governor-turned reality TV star has made a career out of heckling members of both parties whose heels do not dig into her particular mold of conservatism. And she's just the latest in a string of the party's heavy hitters who've trickled through the Sunflower State hoping to help Roberts hang onto his seat as Republicans eye a Senate takeover.

Earlier this week, former Senate Majority Leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole lent his stature as a prominent Kansan to Roberts' cause, bemoaning the very intransigence that Palin promoted. Recalling fondly the largely defunct days of bipartisan deal-brokering, Dole said in passing reference to the Republican's tea party wing: "Some of those guys are so far on the right they're gonna fall out of the Capitol."

One reporter challenged Roberts to declare which of the competing messages aligned most closely with his values.

"Both," he reportedly answered. "How 'bout that."

Regardless, though, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, suggested Wednesday during his own stump through the state, the ultimate objective is to defeat Orman. He joined a chorus of others in the GOP who have called Orman a Democrat in an independent's clothing.

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Washington The Republican Party is raising money off President Obamas awkward coffee-cup salute.

Youve heard about latte-gate, right? On Tuesday when arriving in Manhattan, Obama exited Marine One with a hot beverage cup in his hand. When the Marine guard at the foot of the stairs saluted the debarking commander-in-chief, the president lifted the cup to his forehead in return. It wasnt a graceful gesture.

Lots of people got upset that the president wasnt showing proper respect to the troops, despite the fact that President Bush once did the same thing when holding his dog Barney. So on Wednesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee figured they would try to take advantage of this perceived outrage to make some cash.

Theyve created a pop-up web site, Semperlatte.com, that charges Obamas poor salute is indicative of a larger pattern, though it doesnt specify what that larger pattern is.

Put that coffee down! says the big red banner splashed across an Obama salute image on the site.

Why are they doing this? Well, the opportunity presented itself. Why not? Consultants are always saying politics is not bean-bag in a sage manner, though none of them really have any idea what bean-bag is and whether its a symbol of restraint.

Also, they need the money. Heading into the last weeks of the 2014 mid-terms, Democrats have outraised Republicans across the board. GOP strategist Karl Rove wrote last week in The Wall Street Journal that in Senate races Democrats have spent $24 million more than Republicans on TV ads. This disparity might allow Democrat Harry Reid to remain majority leader, Mr. Rove warned.

Republican candidates and groups must step up if they are to substantially reduce that gap, wrote Rove.

Thats what the Semperlatte site represents: The NRSC stepping up and trying to close the gap.

North Carolinas Senate race shows how the Democrats cash advantage is playing out in practice. Through the end of June, Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan raised four times more money than the GOP candidate, state Rep. Thom Tillis, according to The New York Times. That advantage has probably dwindled since then but Senator Hagan is all but assured to spend more money on the general election than [Rep. Tillis] will, writes Nate Cohn of the Times Upshot data site.

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GOP fundraising off Obama 'latte salute.' Appropriate?

Washington The Republican Party is raising money off President Obamas awkward coffee-cup salute.

Youve heard about latte-gate, right? On Tuesday when arriving in Manhattan, Obama exited Marine One with a hot beverage cup in his hand. When the Marine guard at the foot of the stairs saluted the debarking commander-in-chief, the president lifted the cup to his forehead in return. It wasnt a graceful gesture.

Lots of people got upset that the president wasnt showing proper respect to the troops, despite the fact that President Bush once did the same thing when holding his dog Barney. So on Wednesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee figured they would try to take advantage of this perceived outrage to make some cash.

Theyve created a pop-up web site, Semperlatte.com, that charges Obamas poor salute is indicative of a larger pattern, though it doesnt specify what that larger pattern is.

Put that coffee down! says the big red banner splashed across an Obama salute image on the site.

Why are they doing this? Well, the opportunity presented itself. Why not? Consultants are always saying politics is not bean-bag in a sage manner, though none of them really have any idea what bean-bag is and whether its a symbol of restraint.

Also, they need the money. Heading into the last weeks of the 2014 mid-terms, Democrats have outraised Republicans across the board. GOP strategist Karl Rove wrote last week in The Wall Street Journal that in Senate races Democrats have spent $24 million more than Republicans on TV ads. This disparity might allow Democrat Harry Reid to remain majority leader, Mr. Rove warned.

Republican candidates and groups must step up if they are to substantially reduce that gap, wrote Rove.

Thats what the Semperlatte site represents: The NRSC stepping up and trying to close the gap.

North Carolinas Senate race shows how the Democrats cash advantage is playing out in practice. Through the end of June, Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan raised four times more money than the GOP candidate, state Rep. Thom Tillis, according to The New York Times. That advantage has probably dwindled since then but Senator Hagan is all but assured to spend more money on the general election than [Rep. Tillis] will, writes Nate Cohn of the Times Upshot data site.

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