When last we spoke with Nancy Boyda, she was waging a quixotic campaign to represent Kansas' 2nd Congressional District-including Lawrence-as a grass-roots Democrat in a blood red state. In one of the biggest upsets during last November's upset-rich elections, Boyda managed to unseat entrenched Republican Congressman Jim Ryun and garner national attention for our sleepy little district. She's been assigned chairs on the powerful House Armed Services and Agriculture committees and, along with this heightened profile, is already being targeted for political reprisal by the Republican Party in '08. Representative Boyda took some time out of her busy schedule to give Punditocracy a follow-up report on her new gig in Washington. It's a politics and culture congressional update on everything from Iraq funding, escort services, and Stephen Colbert's belittling of Kansas' balls!