Brownback Ramps Up
'Tis the season for presidential candidates to get busy. Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback is adding to his Iowa operation.
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 the Legislative Majority Fund, overseeing 13 State House campaigns in eastern Iowa. He is a University of Iowa grad and lives in Des Moines. He also has workd on campaigns in Massachusetts, Florida and Virginia.
And a veteran of Steve Forbes 1996 and 2000 Iowa campaigns has signed on to Brownback's advisory committee. Kevin McLaughlin, an investment professional, ran Polk County (that's Des Moines) for Forbes in 1996 and was Vice-Chair of Forbes' statewide campaign in 2000.
By the way: Brownback was in South Carolina, site of the first southern primary, today, with campaign stops in Greenville and Anderson.
Posted by Matt Stearns
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Posted by: LarrytheScrabbleGuy | December 21, 2006 at 02:41 PM
Go, Sam, Go!
Brownback in '08!
Posted by: JMart | December 21, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Must be ANOTHER slow news day. How many 'Sam for Prez' threads have been on here in the last month? Once again, THIS IS A RIGHT WING BLOG.
'Liberal' media?
HHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAA
Posted by: ddub | December 21, 2006 at 05:53 PM
Do we know whether Brownback favors the Bush/McCain plan to send more troops to Iraq to accomplish whatever or is he a surrender monkey like the Baker-Hamilton group or does he suggest more prayer?
Posted by: Old Drum | December 21, 2006 at 06:07 PM
Does anyone on the far right ever acknoledge all the postive press that Brownback gets from the KC Star?
Seems to me that whnever anyone on the far right gets postive press it is because they deserve it. Whenever they don't get positive press it s because the paper is "biased" against them.
Could this be an example of self-fulfilling prophesies that are self-serving at their core?
Posted by: jack | December 21, 2006 at 09:39 PM
Brownback in ramping up, is he? Personally, I hope when he gets to the top of the ramp, he slides down the other side and crashes and burns. Surely the Republicans have somebody better to run for President than Sam Brownback.
Posted by: Joe Barone | December 22, 2006 at 08:59 AM
Sammie Boy is anti-stem cell research and for that his chances of being President are slim to none. Keep up the close-minded work Brownback!!!!!
Posted by: ProStemCell Person | December 22, 2006 at 09:25 AM
I find it disturbing that every time a Conservative gets any press from the liberal media that isn't 100% negative the liberals feel threatened.
Posted by: c_poole | December 22, 2006 at 09:56 AM