Brownback: Energize GOP Base

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback billed himself as a "full-scale conservative" Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as he courted activists in the state where precinct caucuses have traditionally kicked off the presidential nominating season.
Brownback said the lessons Republicans should take from the November elections in which Democrats won both houses of Congress is that that they face enormous trouble when the party's conservative base isn't energized. "Our ideas weren't repudiated, our execution was," said Brownback. "Our base was lethargic because of too much spending and the Washington corruption cases." Read more by by By Mike Glover (AP) 12/5/2006