Posted on 11/07/2007 6:39:38 AM PST by xzins
Brownback to Endorse McCain By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Sam Brownback, a Kansas conservative and favorite of evangelical Christians, will endorse his former Republican presidential rival John McCain, GOP officials said Wednesday.
The nod could provide a much-needed boost, particularly in Iowa, for the Arizona senator and one-time presumed GOP front-runner whose bid faltered and is now looking for a comeback.
Republican officials said Brownback will announce his support for McCain later Wednesday in Dubuque, Iowa, and then travel with the candidate to campaign in two other cities in the state. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid publicly pre-empting the announcement.
It's uncertain how much weight the Brownback's backing will carry; the Kansas senator dropped out of the race last month with little money and little support. While he is a favorite of religious conservatives, he failed to persuade them to embrace him as the GOP's consensus conservative candidate. He spent months emphasizing his rock-solid opposition to abortion, gay marriage and other issues important to the party's right flank, but left the race ranking low in national polls and state surveys.
Still, Brownback's backing could signal to evangelical Christians that they can trust McCain and could help solidify McCain's credentials on social issues. The endorsement could be especially important in Iowa, where McCain trails in polls.
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Brownback has disappointed me before, but this time I wonder if the guy is senile.
Brownback and Robertson have lost touch with reality. Janet Folger needs to slap Brownback.
This election cycle gets crazier and crazier!
Doesn’t matter. When this is all over they will all be endorsing Romney. The only man left standing.
Is it possible that we are under alien attack?
I mean — how can Robertson endorse Giuliani and Brownback endorse McCain all on the same day.
It’s gotta be cosmic mind rays.
This is hugh and series and I need a tin foil immediately!
Interesting that he chose McCain.
I’d have expected a guy like Brownback to endorse a fellow nanny-stater big-government faux-conservative like Huckabee.
Tell that to Fred Thompson.
Tonight on Animal Planet, When RINOs mate.
They are current Senate buddies. Probably agreed to kiss and tell over tea and crumpets.
Rotflol!
Surprise. One open-borders advocate endorses another.
Snort. And recoil from mental image you caused.
If Sam Brownback were a "conservative" we evangelical Christians from Kansas would surely know it. He isn't, and we don't.
He joined his very good friend, John McCain, along with Pres. Bush's attempt to add illegal immigrants to our citizenship rolls and we realized that those were NOT the conservative positions we held, that reason and a few others, made us realize that he isn't the conservative for us.
Orchestrated? Perhaps. There almost seems to be an effort to keep the non-Rudy vote split as evenly as possible.
It must be because of their shared open-borders policies. Of course, Brownback could have chosen Huckabee in that instance too.
Romney is a gun grabbing liberal.
please.
Keeping the non-rudy vote split.
It better unite very soon.
Gee, that 1% will really help McCain !!!
Talk about one loser helping another one...
Time for McCain to hang it up and endorse Fred - his good buddy...maybe Fred will make McCain Sec. of State or some such. But he must realize he is not going to reside at 1600 Penn.
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