Governor Sam Brownback announced his official endorsement of Rick Perry’s bid for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination last Thursday. This new development didn’t surprise those who have been tracking Brownback’s movements his first year in office.
However, many of us are wondering if this is a first step to gaining an appointment in the presidential cabinet, provided Perry wins the presidency.
Brownback has so far denied wanting anymore than his Kansas governorship, but to us, this pattern seems a little too familiar.
In 2008, Governor Kathleen Sebelius got behind the Obama campaign with an early Jan. endorsement. Sebelius spent much of the year denying she would ever leave Kansas. But, in 2009, an appointment came that she just couldn’t pass up.
Will Brownback’s endorsement of Perry be a case of history repeating itself? It may take some time, but we believe so.
Brownback has made no secret of his political aspirations over the years. He started his political career as the Kansas Secretary of Agriculture. He later moved on to the U.S. House of Representatives and then ended up replacing Bob Dole as U.S. Senator.
In 2008, Brownback ran unsuccessfully to get the GOP nomination. Unfortunately he was unable to gain enough backing and dropped out of the race in September to back Senator John McCain instead.
Then last year, Brownback took up office as Kansas governor. But we don’t think it will stop here. If Brownback is as aggressive for national office as he has proven to be over the last two decades, we think he’ll be aiming for the presidential cabinet no matter what he says now.
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