Brownback's Plans for 2008

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From MSNBC:

This little column about Kansas Senator Sam Brownback appeared recently in Newsweek, but don't let that put you off.

George F Will is predictably kind about Senator Brownback who, like many commentators, he sees as a credible candidate for the vote of Christian conservatives in the Republican Party.

"Two candidates could have special strength with that group," Will writes, identifying Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum as the other. Interestingly, Will claims that Brownback "doubts that Santorum ... will seek that nomination" for the presidency in 2008, largely because he will only just have completed his re-election contest for his US Senate seat in Pennsylvania. If this turns out to be true, and Frist is as fatally damaged by the filibuster compromise as some believe, Brownback surely emerges as a standard-bearer for Christian conservatives in the party (barring the entry of someone like Tim Pawlenty).

"Brownback's plan for 2008," Will writes, "is to reprise his 1996 experience" when he won his Senate seat with the help of Christian conservatives mobilised and organised by Pat Robertson. "In 2008, he plans to build upon the 'tens of millions of dollars' the Bush campaign spent to mobilze evangelical Christians," says Will. "'They don't go away' after the election, he says."

Brownback "insists there is a pro-life majority" and "he says the youngest voters, ages 18-25, are the most pro-life cohort," according to Mr Will. "Brownback says opposition to same-sex marriages has 'broadened the movement' of social conservatism."

To Mr Will, Senator Brownback stands a good chance in Iowa, as well as South Carolina and Michigan - three key early nomination contests. "The race is on, and Brownback ... is sprinting," Will concludes.

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He's got a damn good change at winning the primary. He's in bed with the Christian right, has threatened to fillibuster the stem cell legilsation, lives in a tax exempt "church", and is pretty stupid. Those are all pluses for the Republican nomination.. This idiot could easily be elected President.

[TheresNoMoney]

Brownback's Plans for 2008- full scale American theocracy!

[A18]

Brownback's a great guy, but he's not presidential material

[Max Power]

If you watched him on This Week on Sunday, you'd see how big of a bastard he is. He talked about how embryonic stem cell research is 'murder', and made other idiotic statements. This guy compared stem cell research to the Holocaust, which leads me to believe that he is a facist.

[WalterMitty]

he is a horrible person.

[briancw]

I've never heard of him in my life..

[Smash255]

His possible stall tatic on the Embryonic Stem Cell Bill (which I posted in the General Discussion Forum) is not going to do anything for his chances.  COuld help with in the Primaries, but could  really hurt him in the general election if he gets the nomination

[tarheel-leftist85]

He's the least electable Evangelical Senator, thus the Reps. won't nominate him (plus there's the set-in-stone hierarchy to which all shall abide).

[AuH2O]

He can't win the nomination. If there really is some kind of gap in the declared candidates, a more electable conservative would enter, because the incentive structure is too strong to ignore.

[tinman64]

What about Brownback as a VP candidate in '08, to shore up christian conservatives if a moderate gets the nomination?  (Particularly if Roy Moore mounts an independent campaign).

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What about Brownback as a VP candidate in '08, to shore up christian conservatives if a moderate gets the nomination?  (Particularly if Roy Moore mounts an independent campaign).

Possible... But why would Brownback associate himself with the likes of Giuliani, Pataki, etc...  Their total opposites on the issues that matter most to Brownback.