It's not just "Governor Brownback", that's for sure

I've written here before, ever since Sam Brownback turned in his one elected seat as senator in Washington for this, more local one, as Governor of Kansas, that hasn't been his only role, by a long shot.

His other, bigger role, at least to him?

"Candidate Brownback."

Senator Brownback knew it's very difficult, if not impossible for Senators to become President of the United States so he turned in that role, became governor of Kansas and has been "Candidate Brownback" ever since.

And he's doing it all on the backs of Kansans.

First, he began slashing the state budget which, admittedly, with both their deficit and the mandate to balance the budget, he's been doing.

But in order to make a big, national "splash", Scott Walker-style up in Wisconsin, he did away with the Arts Commission in Kansas and more recently started slashing the education budget, too.

You see, he has to get that national media attention or it's all for nothing.

No, he's not running for the November, 2012 presidential contest, no, no.

He has his eyes squarely set on the next race, in 2016, when it's more likely someone from the Republican Party has a shot at getting in the White House, what with President Obama at the end of his final term.

All this in mind, look what came out yesterday in The New York Times:

Texas Governor Draws Criticism on Prayer Event

AUSTIN, Tex. — When Gov. Rick Perry invited fellow governors to join him on Aug. 6 for “a day of prayer and fasting on behalf of our troubled nation,” some speculated that he was trying to raise his national visibility for a possible presidential run.


Forget about the very real possibilities of problems with the separation of church and state that need to be addressed, what's this got to do with our own Governor Brownback?  Glad you asked:


So far only one other governor, Sam Brownback of Kansas, who is a conservative Roman Catholic, has said he will attend.


This could possibly give the Guv more national political attention from both his own political party as well as those on the religious right who organize oh-so-well most every Sunday morning while they're attending their very Christian church services.


I'm sure Governor B just has one regret about it all.


He's just sorry he didn't think of it himself.