While Brownback, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Reps. Duncan Hunter, Calif., Ron Paul, Texas, and Tom Tancredo, Colo., and activist Alan Keyes attended, there were conspicuous no-shows. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Sen. John McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson all declined the invitation. Four empty podiums stood on stage, marking their absence.
Brownback apologized to the audience for the missing candidates, saying it was a “disgrace” they did not attend.
Brownback also said that as president, he and Congress would offer official apologies to African-Americans for past policies of slavery and segregation.
Earlier in the week, Brownback co-authored an Iraq War plan with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. The non-binding resolution, which passed Wednesday with a 75-23 vote, calls for a central government in Iraq with three semi-autonomous states for the Kurds, Sunni and Shiites.
“The United States military cannot force peace on the sectarian factions feuding in Iraq,” Brownback said in a press statement. “I hope this resolution begins the political surge we desperately need to help stabilize Iraq so we can get our troops out of harm’s way.”
Brownback also spoke this week to MSNBC’s Monica Novotny about his campaign and why he hasn’t been able to register in the polls. “We haven’t been able to get much of a media focus,” Brownback said. “I’ve had a media lid, really, on my candidacy.”
This weekend Brownback travels to Wyoming, where he will attend two GOP presidential forums.
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