Blogging Against Senator Sam Brownback Since March 2005
Senator Sam Brownback came in 10th out of a field of 13 in today’s Southern Republican Leadership Conference Straw Poll. Results from The Hotline:
| Candidate | Raw | %age |
| Bill Frist | 526 | 36.9 |
| Mitt Romney | 205 | 14.4 |
| George Allen | 147 | 10.3 |
| Pres. Bush (write in) | 147 | 10.3 |
| John McCain | 66 | 4.6 |
| Mike Huckabee | 54 | 3.8 |
| Write In (Not GB/CR) | 43 | 3.0 |
| George Pataki | 38 | 2.7 |
| Condi Rice (write in) | 32 | 2.2 |
| Sam Brownback | 22 | 1.5 |
| Rudy Giuliani | 15 | 1.1 |
| Newt Gingrich | 13 | 0.9 |
| Chuck Hagel | 3 | 0.2 |
Not a good showing at all. While no one expected him to come close to challenging for the front, he got less than half of Mike Huckabee’s vote. Huckabee is the other hardcore religious conservative and is much less well known on the national stage than Brownback. What does this vote mean? Not much. The only conclusion I draw from this is Republicans are afraid of Brownback’s extreme persona. They like his issues, but believe that Huckabee’s much lower profile would allow them to sneak their radical views under the nose of average American voters.
This also is not good for his fundraising efforts. It is hard to ask for money when you don’t have many friends…
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Blogging Against Senator Sam Brownback Since March 2005
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