The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

CNN wrote an article about the top five political plays of the past year and Senator Sam Brownback made an appearance in number three:

Play No. 3 is conservatives declaring their independence as they rose up in revolt over the nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“A number of us would have liked to have somebody who had a clear track record on these issues,” said Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas.

They brought Miers down. They also refused to toe the White House line on deficit spending, immigration, Medicare and torture — and after four years, a conservative uprising loosened the White House grip on the Republican Congress.

On face, this looks like nothing groundbreaking. However, notice that Brownback was quoted as one of the new conservatives. No other conservative lawmaker was quoted. If Brownback can manage to become the got to guy on the hill for the so called “true conservative” soundbite then he will be well on his way to increasing his name recognition.

I will be watching the news closely to see if this is a flash in the pan of the start of a new trend.