The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

According to Tom Tancredo, Senator Sam Brownback is “as left as they come” on the issue of immigration. Of course, this is compared to Tancredo’s plan to deport all illegal immigrants and refuse them medical care.

Brownback’s stance on immigration could hurt him in the GOP primary in 2008. The current conventional wisdom holds that immigraiton will be a hot button issue and the GOP base is more in line with Tancredo than Brownback when it comes to solutions. Brownback’s “compassionate conservatism” approach to the issue would likely play better to moderate republicans than to the activist base. Tancredo obviously won’t make it very far in the primary. He hopes to hang in just long enough to put the spotlight on immigration and force his opponents to take a harder stance on the issue.

If Brownback doesn’t get on the ball with fundraising and organizing, he may find himself in the same boat with his religious conservative issues.