Sam Brownback Expected to Drop Out of Race

Posted by Stephanie Taylor on October 18, 2007 at 10:29 AM

There are reports that right-wing Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign tomorrow. He is expected to announce his withdrawal in his home state of Kansas.

Supporters said he was dropping out because of a lack of money. He only raised $4 million overall, including a paltry $800,000 in the third quarter of this year. Over at TPM, Eric Kleefeld speculates about the impact of the announcement on the overall race:

So where will Brownback's support, such as it was, end up going? That's a good question. On the one hand, Romney's campaign has been trying to consolidate the Christian right into a unified anybody-but-Rudy campaign. On the other hand, Brownback's camp had been bashing Romney to no end, taking every opportunity to call him a phony.