http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/ Covering the 2008 election Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-35935 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:11:24 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-35935 [...] Sam Brownback, the other half of Biden-Brownback, is counting on Republican activists being less pro-war than public opinion holds. There is polling evidence to support this. [...] […] Sam Brownback, the other half of Biden-Brownback, is counting on Republican activists being less pro-war than public opinion holds. There is polling evidence to support this. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-16851 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:39:33 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-16851 [...] I have argued for a while that the Iowa GOP is more anti-war than other states. This would also explain Mitt Romney’s recent flip-flop on Iraq. [...] […] I have argued for a while that the Iowa GOP is more anti-war than other states. This would also explain Mitt Romney’s recent flip-flop on Iraq. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-16464 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-16464 [...] Has Mitt Romney joined his father as one of the rare "peace candidates" in a GOP primary? Is he trying to suck up Chuck Hagel’s space? Or does he just think that Sam Brownback might have been on to something? In any case, Duncan Hunter found his prey and is attacking: "Romney is absolutely wrong in recommending a secret timetable," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., tells ABC News in a telephone interview while campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Secret timetables are bad because in the end they all become public and the enemy uses them to estimate the limit on America’s endurance." [...] […] Has Mitt Romney joined his father as one of the rare "peace candidates" in a GOP primary? Is he trying to suck up Chuck Hagel’s space? Or does he just think that Sam Brownback might have been on to something? In any case, Duncan Hunter found his prey and is attacking: "Romney is absolutely wrong in recommending a secret timetable," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., tells ABC News in a telephone interview while campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Secret timetables are bad because in the end they all become public and the enemy uses them to estimate the limit on America’s endurance." […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-1518 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:02:25 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/12/explaining-brownback-on-the-war/#comment-1518 [...] By coming out against the Surge, Sam Brownback is trying to shoot for that 19% that are opposed to the war. One could imagine that a group of those voters, combined with a good chunk of the 7% moral values and 5% religious/moral/family decline voters, could be a powerful voting block. Furthermore, an anti-surge GOP Presidential nominee will get a lot of free media as the issue moves through Congress. [...] […] By coming out against the Surge, Sam Brownback is trying to shoot for that 19% that are opposed to the war. One could imagine that a group of those voters, combined with a good chunk of the 7% moral values and 5% religious/moral/family decline voters, could be a powerful voting block. Furthermore, an anti-surge GOP Presidential nominee will get a lot of free media as the issue moves through Congress. […]

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