Sen. Sam Brownback leaves no doubt in this video about his views on the right of Americans to bear arms. The presidential candidate tests his skills at a shooting range as he talks about the “precious” guarantee of the Second Amendment.
“I don’t like the violence that’s taking place,” Brownback said. “But the answer isn’t taking away the guns. The answer isn’t taking away somebody’s Second Amendment rights. The answer is to work on the people and the individuals.”
The Family Research Council is compiling a video voter guide that features presidential candidates sharing their views on what the group characterizes as “faith, family and freedom.”
All of the Republican and Democratic candidates for 2008 have been invited to participate. Here are three video responses from Republicans on past tax cuts advocated by President Bush and whether the candidates favor extending them:
William Shipman, the Social Security adviser to presidential candidate Sam Brownback, is making the case for resurrecting the fight to overhaul Social Security. He addressed the topic in a podcast with the Cato Institute:
Democrats are pointing fingers at Republicans this week for blocking a vote to stop a U.S. troop surge in Iraq, and the liberal activist group MoveOn.org is helping carry the Democratic water with a new advertisement that attacks various GOP senators.
“Remember their faces, remember their names — the Republicans in the United States Senate,” the MoveOn ad says as it shows images of various GOP senators with the word “escalate” superimposed by their mouths. “They’re willing to send tens of thousands more troops to face danger in Iraq, but they don’t have the courage to face a vote. Tell your senators: Stop the escalation.”
The ad specifically mentions:
Sam Brownback of Kansas, a potential 2008 presidential candidate;
Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina;
Judd Gregg of New Hampshire;
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky;
Gordon Smith of Oregon;
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania;
John Sununu of New Hampshire;
George Voinovich of Ohio;
And John Warner of Virginia.
MoveOn also produced separate videos aimed at specific senators — Brownback, Smith, Sununu and Warner.
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