Further distancing him from the other GOP primary candidates, Senator Sam Brownback has come out against the McCain-Bush plan for Iraq:
“I do not believe that sending more troops to Iraq is the answer,” Brownback said. “Iraq requires a political rather than a military solution.”
Brownback had previously supported a short-term increase in troop levels if it [...]
Time magazine has an interesting article that summarizes the Christian Right’s uneasy feelings about the current crop of front runners for 2008. Their comment on Brownback:
Many conservatives had high hopes for Virginia’s George Allen and Pennsylvania’s Rick Santorum–until they lost their Senate re-election races last year. And Evangelicals say they adore all-but-announced contender Sam [...]
Perhaps someone should ask him if he agrees with his adviser, Tom Monaghan, who advocates for a total ban on birth control…
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United States Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
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From ABC news:
“He will be fully announcing on January 20 in Topeka, Kansas,” Brian Hart, the senator’s spokesman, said Friday. The move was expected even though Brownback set up an exploratory committee in December to gauge whether he had enough support for a full-blown campaign.
After the announcement in Kansas, Hart said Brownback will fly to [...]
All the news that’s fit to print in Brownback land:
The KC Buzz Blog reports on two staff aquisitions the Brownback camp released today:
In Iowa, Brownback hired his first full-time staffer, Trainor Walsh, as field representative. Walsh, who worked for Iowa Republican Rep. Jim Leach’s 2002 re-election campaign, most recently was the Regional Political Director for [...]
Brownback hates gays, is militantly anti-abortion and abhors government spending. What else could a GOP primary voter be afraid of? Brown people. Immigration has the potential to sink Brownback’s nascent presidential campaign just as quick as you can say “amnesty”. A recent comment on a post about Brownback and immigration at [...]
Senator Sam Brownback, having been rebuked by constitutional scholars for trying a complicated promised recusal scheme with a judicial nominee, now wants to bring Janet Neff back to the committee:
In Iowa on Tuesday to meet with GOP activists, Brownback said he only wants a chance to question Neff about her role in the 2002 ceremony. [...]
So Senator Brownback will finally allow the Janet Neff confirmation continue now that he was told his hold and ensuing demands are constitutionally suspect:
Mr. Brownback, who has been criticized for blocking the nomination, said he would also no longer press a proposed solution he offered on Dec. 8 that garnered even more criticism: that he [...]
So apparently Senator Sam Brownback doesn’t care that his fellow Kansan Senator Pat Roberts believes McCain is more fit for the Presidency:
Brownback, who formed a presidential exploratory committee less than two weeks ago, said prior to a speech to Christian radio employees that it didn’t make sense to worry about endorsements at this point even [...]