August 13, 2007
Posted: 04:07 PM ET

Brownback said he's happy with his top 3 finish at Ames.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback on Monday vowed to keep his presidential campaign going through the Iowa caucuses this winter, despite his third-place finish in the Republicans' weekend straw poll.

"We invested heavily in the straw poll to get a top three finish and we got a top three finish," Brownback said Monday. "Certainly a lower finish would have been very harmful to us continuing the race."

Brownback came in behind surprise runner-up Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, who is competing for the same bloc of
conservative voters. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney easily won the straw poll.

Brownback said he would begin stressing his foreign policy experience as a former member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and one-time chairman of the Middle East subcommittee.

"We'll be emphasizing more foreign policy because I do believe the next president should go in and not need on the job training," Brownback said.

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Dan (Baltimore, MD)   August 13th, 2007 5:54 pm ET

What's Brownback talking about? Being on a committee is no sort of experience. All the career legislators in this race are unfit for the presidency because they would need massive on-the-job-training to tranfer to not only the executive branch, but the head of the executive branch. The only ones left who are in any way prepared for it are Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Bill Richarson, and Mitt Romney. The rest should do us a favor and drop out of the race.

Bruce, Franklin, TN   August 13th, 2007 6:01 pm ET

Snowball's chance in Hell. Save your money.

John, Ca.   August 13th, 2007 7:41 pm ET

He spends all of that money and gets beat by Gov. Huckabee who spent very little, if anything? Stick a fork in him, he's done!

Brad, Columbia, SC   August 13th, 2007 11:18 pm ET

"On the job training"…

Is that a dig at his fellow candidates, or Bush perhaps? Recall, Bush is the guy who didn't even know Iraq had different types of Muslims before we attacked that country. Duh!

But I agree — it's important to know a thing or two about the countries where we're shipping all of our jobs.

bret, atl, ga   August 14th, 2007 6:54 am ET

unFairTax owned Brownback. But I hope he starts airing some nice hit pieces on the Huckster… that guy is turning into a media darling, and needs to get gone.

AJ; Montpelier; VT   August 14th, 2007 9:32 am ET

Maybe he talked to Jesus and knows somthing we dont? Get a grip Sam - the American public not in favor of a Theocracy. Save your money and go back to Kansas!

Not for Brownback   August 14th, 2007 9:44 am ET

Who…?

RA The Framing Wizard   August 14th, 2007 2:20 pm ET

His balloon needs to be popped! So he will just fly away uncontrollably.

David, Salinas, CA   August 14th, 2007 6:16 pm ET

Note to Dan of Baltimore, MD:

I'm no fan of Brownback, but Huckabee, Romney and Guliani have no foreign policy experience whatsoever. None.

I don't think anyone whose highest elected office is mayor has any business running for President of the United States.

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