Talking about “Allies in the Muslim world”, Brownback lists Musharraf in Pakisan and Mubarak in Egypt.

Urgh. I would have preferred he mention the Turkish military and/or the Kemalists, Jordanian King Abdullah, Karzai in Afghanistan, any one of the Gulf states that open up their ports to our Navy like Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Omar…

On how he can win: “I’ve got to break through in Iowa. If I don’t finish fourth or higher in Iowa, I’m pulling out of the race.”

Talking about his need for more successful fundraising, Brownback says, “I take all major currencies, all major credit cards, and firstborn children.” Ah, nothing like evoking one of the ten Plagues of Egypt when speaking before the Republican Jewish Coalition…