Yesterday, Politico’s Manu Raju filed a report on the independent candidacy of Greg Orman, who is challenging Kansas Republican Pat Roberts for a Senate seat. If you follow the race closely, it does not provide much new information: Orman is cagey about where he stands but clearly goes left; he has some politically troublesome business associations; meanwhile, Roberts is unpopular and is definitely trailing. 

These were the paragraphs that struck me: