**Americablog notes Sam Brownback’s refusal to take a personal position on gay adoption. John thinks this may be due to the Mary Cheney effect, but I would argue this is part of Brownback’s neccesary (but slight) moderation as he looks to prove to the GOP base that he is not a total loon and he just might be electable in the general election.
**The Rights Field has the text of Brownback’s announcement and also remarks that, “There are a few phrases that Brownback uses repeatedly - great nation, American-sized goals, goodness.” I would add “covered in ‘The Jesus’”, but that’s just me…
**RedState.com (a conservative blog) note’s Senator Brownback’s presidential announcement with the headline: “Thus Begins a Quixotic Quest”. The folks that write and hang out on RedState aren’t exactly moderate. Brownback will have to convince them, and those like them, that he is a serious candidate.