As Does Sam Brownback

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Filling the social conservative void left by the candidacies (or theoretical candidacies, anyway) of “moderates”/”mavericks” John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas has announced today he will pursue the Republican nomination.

Brownback, the very, very pro-life and very, very anti-gay candidate in the field (think Rick Santorum, with less of a tendency to put his foot in his mouth), is so polarizing that his only real hope for the nomination is that McCain, Romney, and Giuliani split the moderate vote and no other bedrock conservative emerges. Not likely. In announcing his candidacy, Brownback said, “My family and I are taking the first steps on the yellow brick road to the White House.” An odd choice of words for a guy running a fairy tale campaign…

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