[Reaganwuzthebest]

The last thing we need is Brownback, the man is an open borders fanatic. By 2008 the country will be ready for a conservative, not a RINO.

[Timmy]

If Brownback is a "RINO," then the acronym has lost its meaning. He is quite conservative.

[Crazieman]

Brownback is very right wing

[Gracey]

Brownback is one of the most conservative Senators. Just because he has a difference on one issue (and I'm not sure about that) doesn't make someone a RINO.

This RINO name is much misused. We need ALL Republicans, including Gays, RINO, right wing radicals, moderates.... in order to defeat the leftists. Let's think positive about our party and put the subtle differences aside when it comes to election time.

However, I can't imagine Brownback having a chance in hell of doing well in the R primary. He's rather dry in personality, IMO.

[onyx]

Will's column mentions nothing about Brownback's views on the illegal invasion and I can't recall his participation either way.

[zerosix]

Having worked full time in the first Primary and later General Elections, for the then Senate want-to-be, Brownback, I can state completely, that this man is not a RINO (he beat back a very popular RINO Mayor in the Primary, then fought hard against the well-funded Democrat for the seat. Then Gov. Bill Graves, had saved the seat for himself, by appointing another RINO temporarily to hold his place for the remaining 2 years left on Sen. Bob Dole's 6 year term. He planned to run himself when he left office as Gov. of KS.

Brownback, serving a State post, informed Graves that he planned to run for Dole's seat in the next election. A furious Super RINO, Bill Graves (heir to the Graves Truck Line fortune) saw to it that every "Moderate" Republican in the State of KS, as well as nationally, donated their money and influence on Brownback's opposition in first the Primary with endorsements in favor of his opponent, then after he won the Primary, refused to endorse or support him in the General Election.

In the State of KS, the RINOs are more vicious than the DemocRAT Party. They hate Conservative Republicans with a vengeance and will support Democrats against any and all Conservative Republicans running for any office, period.

When W was running and held a fund raiser in KS (of course RINOs were very prominent), he quitely told Gov. Graves that he would never be a part of his administration, should he be elected, ever! I was at that event and privileged to see the look on Graves' face after W delivered the bad news. Bush remembered that Graves and his fellow RINOs had handed the 3rd District House seat to a DemocRAT, for the first time in 43 years, rather than support the conservative candidate. Dennis Moore still represents the 3rd Republican dominated District, because Johnson County is loaded with "Republicans for Moore" in every election since.

Brownback and his wife had 3 children when he first ran for the Senate and in the following years, have adopted bi-racial, special need children. The down side to his politics is, he feels for every downtrodden people and seem to overlook the fact that not every community wants to support them. He has become even more of that opinion, since converting to Catholicism.