The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Thus goes the rampant speculation at redstate.org, a popular conservative blog:

By selecting Brownback, Rudy would be accomplishing the following:

1. He would be picking a running mate who is with him on fiscal and foreign policy matters, and who would only serve to reinforce Giuliani’s own fiscal and GWOT conservatism.

2. He would be selecting a fellow Catholic to create a ticket that would appeal to the heavily Catholic swing regions of the country, the northern midwest and the southwest.

3. He would be balancing the ticket on social issues. Brownback could assure social conservatives that he trusts Rudy on judges. Both Giuliani and Brownback could emphasize “big-tent” with this ticket, pointing out how they and their respective states disagree on abortion and gay marriage and what have you, but that they both agree that the federal government shouldn’t be deciding these issues for the states, and that as such, judges that come out of their administration will be champions of judicial restraint, not judicial activists.

4. He would be giving strategic social conservatives one more reason to vote for him: to make Brownback heir-apparent for the GOP nod in 2016. Naturally, the Left would start a “Vote Rudy; Get Brownback” campaign. Perfect. Nothing could be better to make sure the pro-life movement shows up at the polls while doing nothing to turn off states like MI and PA to the ticket, which are filled with culturally conservative Catholics.

5. Republicans would be getting a president who has proven his ability to grow the economy, cut spending, reform government, make the state work more efficiently, and decimate the bad guys.

To see why this duo would have a snowball’s chance in hell, follow me below the fold…

Reasons why this ticket would fail miserably:

1. Brownback’s gigantic ego would overtake the ticket like an Iraqi Duststorm. I don’t believe Brownback would play second fiddle to any candidate, much less a social moderate such as Giuliani. Brownback is on a religion fueled crusade and I doubt he would settle for anything other than the Presidency.

2. Brownback has a penchant for making controversial statements. Equating abortion to the Holocaust is not going to fly in a national campaign. Could he keep his mouth shut? I doubt it.

3. Rudy has so many skeletons they have outgrown the closet, the bedroom, ans are threatening to spill out his front door. I don’t think he’ll run in the first place for just this reason. The guy had a consulting firm with Bernard Kerik, for peets sake!

4. Brownback will burn his bridges in the GOP primary. He is known for no holds barred, scorched earth campaigns. A great example from the past would be last minute robocalls citing his opponent’s Jewish religion as a good reason to vote against her. Just think of the ads against a social moderate such as Giuliani. Baby killing, gay loving, Jesus hating northeastern liberal would be just the start. If Giuliani somehow came out of primaries the victor, I predict Brownback will be enemy #1.

I’m sure there are more I haven’t thought up. Feel free to add your own…