Brownback Eyes 2008 White House Bid

From Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, a prominent religious and social conservative, formed a committee on Monday to explore a 2008 White House bid to help "rebuild the family and renew our culture."

"I have decided, after much prayerful consideration, to consider a bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency," said Brownback, a two-term Senate veteran and staunch opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage.

"We need a culture that encourages what is right and discourages what is wrong, and has the wisdom to understand the difference," he said in a statement.

The long-shot bid by Brownback, a practicing Roman Catholic raised as an evangelical Protestant, could appeal to conservative Christian activists who exert a strong influence in Republican nominating primaries.

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