Sen. Sam Brownback's campaign for president has announced that there will be a press conference at 3:45 p.m. (CT) today in the senator's home state of Kansas.
As many blogs have already reported -- and I think the hat tip for being first goes to the Politico -- it is anticipated that Brownback will drop from the national race.
If he does drop from the race today, many Iowa supporters who had signed on to his campaign will once again be put on the political shelf. Some of the most prominent include Iowa Family Policy Center president and former state representative Chuck Hurley, Iowa Right to Life president and executive director Kim Lehman, Grace West Church pastor Bob Deever, Dan Logan of Scott County, Jasper County businesswoman Denise Shannon, Casey's General Store founder Don Lamberti, Dubuque County anti-abortion activist Ellen Markham, River Life Ministries pastor Francis Frangipane, Monroe First Baptist Church pastor Jack McCullough, West Des Moines Crossroads Fellowship pastor James Peterson, Des Moines County physician Dr. Jerry Yancy, Council Bluffs Heartland House pastor Jim Kohl, Pottawattamie County Republican official Jon Jacobsen, former Polk County chairman Kevin McLaughlin, Scott County anti-abortion activist Luana Stoltenberg, State Sen. Mark Zieman, Scott County anti-abortion activist Mary Ann Logan, attorney in Linn County Matt Rassmussen, Linn County anti-abortion activist Michelle Howe, Iowa Sen. Nancy Boettger, Des Moines Walnut Creek pastor Nick Bal, Marion City Councilman Nick Wagner, Des Moines Kingdom House of Prayer pastor Randy Bixby, Des Moines Calvary Apostolic Church pastor Rex Deckard, Marion Wind and Fire Ministries pastor Ric Lumbard, Marion homeschoolers Mark and Marie Scherbaum, Johnson County activist Randy Crawford, Clay County activist Tim Frank, and Ames Stonebrook Community pastor Tim Borseth.
In addition, the following members of the Brownback staff will be searching for new employment if the announcement is made today: Iowa Political Director Jay Heine, Regional Field Director Devon Gallagher, National Grassroots Director Jason Jones, Iowa Caucus Director Billy Valentine and Communications Director John Rankin.
In contrast, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has filed candidacy papers with the New Hampshire secretary of state. More than 75 supporters joined him at the agency's office. Ruth Griffin, an influential woman in New Hampshire GOP political circles, endorsed Huckabee at the filing.
Griffin served as executive councilor from 1987 to 2006 and was the first woman to serve in the house, senate and executive council. She was a two-term Republican National Committee member as well as a member of two Constitutional Conventions. She currently chairs the Portsmouth Housing Authority and is the regional director of the National Foundation for Women Legislators.
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