The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

It seems being fellow Kansans doesn’t count for much when it comes to running for president. Robert Novak reports in his latest column:

Invitations to Tuesday’s [McCain] event were sent by Trent Lott, the newly elected Senate minority whip. Over coffee, Lott and Sen. Pat Roberts pushed McCain, though neither previously was seen as a McCainiac. They were not for McCain in 2000, and neither were the assembled party activists.

A second surprise at the coffee hour was the appearance at Lott’s side of Roberts, even though his fellow Kansas senator, Sam Brownback, also is running for president. Roberts noted that in his Tuesday remarks, but asserted McCain is the right man in the right place at the right time. Lott said much the same thing, while conceding policy disagreements with McCain (notably global warming).

This could make for some interesting plane rides to and from Washington next year.