After his lengthy meeting yesterday with Rudy Giuliani in his Senate office, Sam Brownback appears to be warming even more to the ex-Mayor, reports Politico: Standing just outside his Senate office suite next to Giuliani, Brownback, an ardent abortion opponent, said twice that he was “much more comfortable” with his former rival’s stance on what…

Sam Brownback wasn’t much of a presidential candidate, failing to shore up even the social conservatives who are his natural base, but his endorsement would be a jewel Rudy Giuliani’s crown. The Kansas senator would instantly become the highest-profile religious conservative in Giuliani’s camp. And his unimpeachable “pro-family” credentials could make it OK for other…

The New York Times Caucus blog reports that a prominent evangelical who had endorsed him is taking it back: The Rev. Don Wilton, who is the immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Convention in South Carolina, was one of an array of conservative endorsements the campaign had unveiled in the days leading up to…

Most Americans know it’s true, but God-o-Meter didn’t expect to hear it from a high-visibility culture warrior. In a USA Today column this morning, right-wing radio host Michael Medved argues that most Americans–and even many pro-life activists–are simultaneously pro-choice and anti-abortion, placing them squarely in the camp of (gasp!) Rudy Giuliani. The choice graphs: [A]nger…

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