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Title: Brownback to withdraw from GOP race
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Yahoo News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018 ... t=AgYxY67mtDAgRtBwbsqLGW1h24cA
Published: Oct 18, 2007
Author: AP
Post Date: 2007-10-18 11:05:12 by Zipporah
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Views: 513
Comments: 4
By Libby Quaid1 hour, 22 minutes ago Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday. Brownback, a longshot conservative contender, had trouble raising money to compete in the race. He is expected announce his withdrawal in Topeka, Kan. He raised a little more than $800,000 in the third quarter of this year, his lowest quarterly amount since entering race. He has brought in more than $4 million overall and is eligible for $2 million in federal matching funds. "I know Senator Brownback enjoyed campaigning and meeting new people in talking about ideas for the future of America, but I think it came down to money," said one person close to Brownback, who requested anonymity because the candidate had not yet announced his plans. Brownback, who is in his second term, had said in his first Senate campaign he would serve no more than two terms in Senate. He is widely expected to seek the Kansas governor's office in 2010. 
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
So he's gonna keep running for SOME office...........reckon he likes living at the public teat?
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Money changes everything.
In a way I'm sad to see him go, he was only going to divide the pro-war vote in the primaries even thinner.
" Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy." - William S Burroughs
#2. To: Zipporah (#0)
#3. To: Zipporah (#0)
I think it came down to money
I've already said too much.
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