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Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback talks to supporters during a campaign event on Nov. 1, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. — Taxes

Running out of options, Brownback...

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

After demanding tax breaks Kansas couldn't afford, the state's far-right governor is changing course -- sort of.

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Melissa Harris-Perry delivers letter to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R-KS).

MHP: Dear Sam Brownback

Dear Sam Brownback — Melissa Harris-Perry

Dear Sam Brownback

Sam Brownback’s tax experiment fail — PoliticsNation

Sam Brownback’s tax experiment fail

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

From bad to worse for Kansas' Brownback

Image: Sam Brownback — Rachel Maddow

Kansas' Brownback apologizes for the...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

Brownback scrambles to clean up his mess

Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback talks to supporters during a campaign event on Nov. 1, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. — Rachel Maddow

Brownback's economic failures start to...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

Laffer feels vindicated by Kansas failure

Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback arrives at a campaign event on Nov. 1, 2014, in Topeka, Kan.

Failed GOP 'experiment' backfires

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

The failures of Brownback's experiment...

Sam Brownback — Rachel Maddow

Brownback convinced his failed experiment...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

Brownback's 'experiment' gone wrong

Failed 'experiment' puts Brownback on defense — Rachel Maddow

Failed 'experiment' puts Brownback on defense

Kansas State Fair Gubernatorial Debate — Hardball

Fireworks at Kansas gubernatorial debate

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Photo by Orlin Wagner/AP) — Rachel Maddow

Kansas' Brownback struggles, faces new debt d

Sam Brownback — Rachel Maddow

A 'cautionary tale' in Brownback's failed...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks during a news conference in Trenton, New Jersey — Rachel Maddow

Christie, Brownback blame Obama for state...

Sam Brownback, governor of Kansas, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview, Aug. 28, 2012. — Rachel Maddow

Brownback facing fire on two fronts

Sam Brownback, governor of Kansas, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview, Aug. 28, 2012. — Rachel Maddow

FBI takes an interest in Team Brownback

A wedding cake is seen at a reception for same-sex couples. — Rachel Maddow

Kansas makes anti-gay discrimination easier

Kansas, Justice Department on nullification collision course — Rachel Maddow

Kansas, Justice Department on...

Brownback adds handwritten message on anti-abortion bill — Rachel Maddow

Brownback adds handwritten message on anti...

Kansas approves new law restricting reproductive rights — Rachel Maddow

Kansas approves new law restricting...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) — Rachel Maddow

Pointless nullification in Kansas

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'Ideas that work' for whom?

'We need Ted Kennedy' — Rachel Maddow

'We need Ted Kennedy'

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Brownback concedes welfare attack isn't true

Brownback drives moderates from his midst — Rachel Maddow

Brownback drives moderates from his midst

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