Brownback Working for Straw Poll Win
Written by Sam on February 27th, 2007
SPARTANBURG - U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback said Monday he is calling every Republican he can in this S.C. county before a presidential straw poll to be held later in the week.
It’s that kind of personal attention the senator from Kansas hopes can take him from obscurity to the front of a crowded field for the GOP’s 2008 presidential nomination.
The straw poll in Spartanburg County will be one of the candidates’ first tests in South Carolina, which will hold one of the earliest presidential primaries in 2008.
It’s definitely possible that Brownback could emerge as a darkhorse candidate, but I honestly don’t believe he could win the general election. Nothing about the man excites me. I think he is a boring candidate with little enthusiasm and charisma and his support of amnesty for illegal aliens kills any hope of ever getting me as a supporter. I think the best thing he could do would be to step aside and let a more viable conservative move in. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for Newt.
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Do you have a more viable conservative in mind?
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Newt = too much baggage. Very smart though. Interesting to see how he’ll do in the CPAC straw poll.
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New to the site, but I must say that from the tenor of this site I am shocked you are giving Brownback who has talked about “compassionate conservatism with teeth” a pass. Compassionate conservatism with teeth = socialism.
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Trust me, do some more digging around and I think you’ll find that we’re about as anti-”compassionate conservatism” as it comes. I don’t think there are very many Brownback fans who are front-page posters to this blog.
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I’m with Langley on this one Brownback hasn’t done anything to really annoy me unlike the “major” candidates in this race.
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Club for Growth released a very favorable report on Brownback today.
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/02/a_report_on_sam_brownbacks_rec.php
Pat Toomey:
“Over his year and a half in the House of Representatives and his ten years in the U.S. Senate, Senator Brownback has proven himself to be, on balance, a strong defender of limited government and pro-growth policies,” said the Club’s President, Pat Toomey. “On taxes, Social Security reform, school choice, and tort reform, Senator Brownback has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to fighting for American taxpayers. His record on trade, political speech, and government regulation of business is generally pro-freedom, with a few exceptions.”
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Club for Growth released a very favorable report on Brownback today.
Pat Toomey on Brownback:
“Over his year and a half in the House of Representatives and his ten years in the U.S. Senate, Senator Brownback has proven himself to be, on balance, a strong defender of limited government and pro-growth policies,” said the Club’s President, Pat Toomey. “On taxes, Social Security reform, school choice, and tort reform, Senator Brownback has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to fighting for American taxpayers. His record on trade, political speech, and government regulation of business is generally pro-freedom, with a few exceptions.”
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You’re with me on this one? I was just saying that this blog isn’t giving Brownback a pass.. I don’t think there are any strong supporters of his amongst the staff or editors.
But beyond that, my main problem with Brownback is his support for “comprehensive” immigration reform. And something about him just makes me feel like he’d be a GWB all over again.
But I will say that he’s done a lot less to annoy me than McCain, and Romney.
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You can’t really be GWB without the cabal is the thing.