Below The Beltway

NBC looks back at the 2008 campaign:

The Associated Press is reporting that Sam Brownback will drop out of the Republican Presidential race tomorrow:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback, dogged by low poll numbers and a poor fundraising showing last quarter, has decided to abandon his bid for the White House, people close to the senator tell the Associated Press.
Meanwhile, [...]

A 7 minute montage of Ron Paul’s answers at yesterday’s debate:

I was able to watch the entire debate live yesterday, which was actually a first to me. On the whole, I wasn’t all that impressed with anyone. For one thing, CNBC/MSNBC billed the debate as one that would focus solely on the economy and yet, [...]

Considering both the amount of money he spent, and the fact that two of his top competitors weren’t actively participating, it should come as no surprise that Mitt Romney basically cleaned up in the Ames straw poll yesterday:
AMES, Iowa, Aug. 11 — With a convincing victory in the Republican straw poll here Saturday, former Massachusetts [...]

Some things are just, well, scary:

H/T: Jason Pye

Let me paint the pictures. People email Kansas Senator asking for his position on the immigration bill. Someone puts together a responds and emails back. To everyone. With all the email addresses in the To field.
Hillarity ensues:
An e-mail barrage ensued with a number of people replying to the full list with their comments on Brownback’s [...]

All I can say is…..enough said:
?While no stone should be left unturned in seeking to discover the nature of man?s origins, we can say with conviction that we know with certainty at least part of the outcome. Man was not an accident and reflects an image and likeness unique in the created order. Those aspects [...]

Although more than slightly over-shadowed by Hillary Clinton’s announcement, there were developments on the Republican side of the 2008 yesterday as Kansas Senator Sam Brownback officially announced his candidacy:
Sen. Sam Brownback, the son of a rural Kansas farmer who has become a leader among religious conservatives in Congress, formally launched his 2008 bid for president [...]

Kansas Senator Sam Brownback hasn’t officially announced it yet, but its pretty clear that he’s a candidate for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination:
WASHINGTON — Sen. Sam Brownback, who is considering a White House bid in 2008, said Monday the Republican field has room for a “full-scale Ronald Reagan conservative” and pledged to make a final [...]