Sam Brownback has announced his intentions to drop out of the presidential campaign on Friday! Now many of you may wonder why this is such a big deal. Brownback was a long shot even in the best polls and never managed to really get any momentum. His hard line stances on conservative issues and anti-science views on evolution have made Brownback one of the jokes of this election cycle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZMV9leyMA

So why are we so happy to see him go? Well, my wife and I have the unfortunate distinction of sharing a state with him. Kansas has long been a favorite target for late night comedians due to our history of moving backwards on every major issue. Sam Brownback was the poster child for that backwards slide to the middle ages and it will be good to see him go.

Brownback’s early exit is sure to have exactly no impact on the rest of the race. The two dozen Brownback supporters will most likely find themselves in Huckabee’s camp as his politics are most like Brownbacks. Whoever they shift to it is not likely to make any real difference, especially since Kansas will just blindly vote for whoever has an (R) beside their name like every other year. Gotta love living in a country where my vote matters.

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