The danger for Brownback in endorsing Rudy would be that he
would be seen as a sellout by grassroots social conservatives
without really convincing any of them to support Giuliani. I find
it highly doubtful that he would endorse Rudy in the primary. Just
last Friday, Brownback gave a press avail after his speech at the
Value Voters Summit, and essentially predicted that Giuliani would
not be the nominee. "I will support whoever the nominee is,"
Brownback
said. "The nominee will be pro-life." It would be pretty odd to
make a statement then turnaround and endorse Giuliani. I think it's
much more likely that he'd get behind McCain or Thompson.