The meeting room at Smokehouse BBQ was almost filled to capacity as Republicans throughout the area arrived to hear plans for the Kansas Republican Caucus which will be held on February 9, 2008. Christian Morgan, Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Party announced the presidential candidates who have filed for the Kansas caucus. They are Rudy Guiliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Fred Thompson. Campaign staff from all the candidates have been contacting the office as candidate staff prepare plans for caucus attendance. Also, caucus sites have been selected throughout the state.

Christian explained that only registered Republican voters can participate, ID will be required, and voting must be in person. Voters must be checked in by approximately 10:00 AM. Corrie Kangas, Political Director, went into detail about the caucus process and and answered questions after her presentation. Information about the caucus can be found at http://ksgopcaucus.org.

Scott Schwab, Chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party, announced the four sites for the 3rd District. They are Matt Ross Community Center in Overland Park, West Glenn Theater in Shawnee, Blue Valley NW High School in Overland Park, and Gardner Edgerton High School in Gardner. Scott encouraged people to volunteer to help with various duties at a caucus site. Volunteers can sign up by sending an email to Scott at Scott@scottschwab.com. Scott stated that the Johnson County Republican Party website would be updated soon with more information. Since there is a possibility that the nomination will not be decided by Feb 5th Super Tuesday, Kansas delegate votes will be valuable to the candidates.