Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican, is reported to be about to announce his withdrawal from the presidential race. If so, it would make ABC's pre-recorded interview tonight with Brownback, where he talks about his childhood spent on a farm, a triumph of unfortunate scheduling. It is part of a series billed as "Who is ..." - a chance to get to know the private lives of the presidential candidates.
Brownback, we learn, started out his life on the farm taking care of chickens and then progressed to the pigs where, he suggests, a dose of very big government never goes amiss.
You got to do everything. You feed them, you take care of them. You make sure they stay in the pen to start with, because they're a very smart animal, and they get out all the time.
The same reports that predict Brownback's exit expect him to run for Kansas governor in 2010. As for "Who is ...", the previous candidate interviewed in the slot was Fred Thompson, and things haven't been looking so good for him since.
