The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Senator Sam Brownback was on the Fox News morning show today and had the following to say about the White House’s nomination of Harriet Miers:

Them providing this type of information from the White House is almost a risk they assume when you nominate a candidate that’s from inside the White House. We’re going to have to see more information - not attorney-client privilege-type information - but more information of the work product that she was involved in the White House that is not of a legal nature but that’s of a policy nature.

Ahhh how times change. Suddenly Brownback is sporting the same talking points that Ted Kennedy used just a few weeks ago during the Robert’s nomination. Brownback’s questions put the White House in a bind. He has the ability to make life rough for Miers if he doesn’t get what he wants. As of this moment, the administration does not hold much bargaining power. Bush’s lack of popularity is causing intra-party dissent and Brownback is at the forefront.

Will the Whitehouse give up the documents that Brownback wants? My guess is no. There is no guarantee that the documents will satisfy him and giving in to the demands of a Junior Senator from Kansas would be a sign of weakness. Moreover, I doubt that Brownback really wants the documents. This is simply preparing cover for his eventual opposition. The more conflict the better for Brownback’s name recognition and ambitions.