Nominating a Kansan is a sure prescription for defeat (to wit, Bob Dole and Alf Landon). We're going to win Kansas' whopping 6 electoral votes unless the Democrats carry 45+ states. Why not nominate someone who can add blue sstates, rather than subtract red ones?
I want to win.
Didn't BushI hail from Maine....about 3 or 4 electoral votes?
And Clinton was from Arkansas....not so many electoral votes.
The issue is viability more than anything else. Brownback, IF he's good in front of a camera and microphone, can bring the social conservatives (like myself) online.
Rudy will lose New York, imho. I don't think there's any outstanding Republicans hailing from a Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania or Ohio who have thrown their hats in the ring.