The morning seemed to start well for Sam Brownback, who brought in failed Republican candidate Rick Santorum to get a boost in his election efforts here in Kansas. Brownback, who has consistently trailed his Democratic opponent, Paul Davis.

Santorum was brought in by Brownback to make a strong appeal to his most conservative voters, and his star power was expected to bring some help to Brownback's campaign.

But his appearance didn't start or end well. First, the Brownback event in Kansas City was originally scheduled to appear at the Community America Ballpark in Wyandotte county. This large ballpark could have been the setting for a big crowd. Instead, Brownback faced a shallow crowd turnout in front of Cars4Less in Olathe, Kansas. Talk about a change of scenery.

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But it wasn't until later in the afternoon, in a gathering in Wichita that the Brownback campaign found itself on the offensive against the crowd that did show up.. teachers in red shirts.

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KSN talked to teachers outside and Rick Santorum. “It makes me feel great. I think the typical Kansan supports education, and I think there will be a lot more people on our side than on the governor’s side,” said Dave Kirkbridge, South Central Kansas National Education Association. “Unfortunately, and I say this unfortunately, the union activist and NEA or the KNEA are an adjunct of the democratic party, they are going to protest a republican governor because he’s there fighting for students and parents and local control of education,” said Rick Santorum, former presidential candidate.

As teachers appeared, security for the event and the Wichita Police department told them they must leave the event.

Teachers, expelled from a public place so that Brownback could start the film - a presentation of Ronald Reagan in Knute Rockne to a theater that didn't come close to being full.