Brownback coming to county near you

brownbackmug1.jpgHaving crisscrossed Iowa last year in unsuccessful pursuit of the GOP presidential nomination, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., has hit the road in Kansas. He reportedly plans to visit all 105 counties, which sounds like good prep work for a gubernatorial run in 2010. On Monday, he spoke to Wichita’s Downtown Rotary Club and attended the groundbreaking for the Jabara technical training center.
Having called Brownback on his absenteeism during his campaign, we should now note that his percentage of missed roll call votes in the Senate is down to 25.8 percent, dropping him from third place last year to seventh among vote missers (after Tim Johnson, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Hillary Clinton).

11 Comments

  1. Phantom
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 7:14 am | Permalink

    If he’s so anxious to get out of the Senate, why doesn’t he just resign? Might as well, as he never shows up for work anyway.

  2. lindainks55
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 7:46 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the warning!

    The sad / scary part is that Kansans elect these incompetents.

  3. American Way
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 7:52 am | Permalink

    I’m no fan of Sam’s, but I hardly see where his taking time traveling and missing votes because of it, is a character flaw or reason to not serve again.

    It is typical of a politician (from either party) to miss votes during campaign seasons. Historically it has happened probably from our first congressional/presidential election. Even looking at the list provided, if missing votes were a mark for not being elected: Obama and Hillary should not get your vote. You can’t hold one standard for this politician and a different standard for another.

    Pick on Sam on the issues. Please do (I have).
    But stop waving this issue over his head.

    PS: Advertisement: Looking for a Republican to fill his Senate Seat. Any leader may apply.

  4. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    Is this his farewell tour? hehehehe. Maybe like Cher, he’ll grace us with serial farewell tours?

  5. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    or maybe he’s warming up for a run at the governor’s chair?

  6. American Way
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    Ksfarmgrrl
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 8:17 am | Permalink
    or maybe he’s warming up for a run at the governor’s chair?

    Psst! Ksfarmgrrl look what Rhonda wrote above:

    “which sounds like good prep work for a gubernatorial run in 2010″

    guber does not mean guber peas.

  7. Dennis
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 11:05 am | Permalink

    Gov. Brownbeck????????

    Aaaaagggguuuuuuhhhhhh!!!!

  8. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    OK, ya caught me. I just skimmed Rhonda’s post and didnt see her gov comment. But I guess it shows great minds think alike? I bet Rhonda doesnt think that’s as much of a compliment as I do. heheheh.

  9. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    Oh and Dennis, I share your sentiment. Imagine the wingnut, do-nothing Kansas legislature, with REPUBLICANS in charge, and gov. brownback residing at Cedar Crest.

    I think it would be like a CD of “Wingnuts Gone Wild”.

    Woof.

  10. littlejohn
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    Brownback runnin for….

    Who cares. He’s toast. Perhaps he can just run, and run, and run. And NOT be a candidate for elective office.

  11. TDT
    Posted March 19, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

    Run Forrest Run

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