Did National Review Give Sen. Brownback the Shaft?
I hesitate to even mention this, given my admiration for National Review (literally, my mother read NRODT to me at night as a kid) coupled with my RedHotted tirade this morning over another danged “con” discovered in the HTML of NRO, but I think it is valid to ask if there is a “there” there to this issue over Brownback and National Review. The Hotline reports that an organization called “Students for Brownback” is accusing National Review of giving Brownback the shaft at their Institute Summit over the weekend. I’m always doubtful about claims made by student political organizations, and I doubt this would have gotten any traction, except for the fawning treatment Governor Romney gets daily at NRO and the battle between Romney and Brownback over who is the real conservative (fact: Brownback has been consistently pro-life and conservative since 1994; Romney was not until 2002. Both are in 2007. Both sides, suck it up). Kathryn Lopez offered this explanation: In the final weeks before t
