of looking at these famous names that have come from kansas, i mean from vice president charles curtis to bob dole, kansas has been really involved in national politics. are there any other kansas politicians who have influenced you or your political ideals? governor brownback: a lot have. frank carlson is a name that has not, much, u.s. senator, congressman from kansas. he was eisenhower's guy in the senate. he was close to eisenhower. they were from, oh, about 40 miles apart from each other's where they live. eisenhower out of abilene, carlson from concordia, kansas. he had a lot of depth and character, and he did things for love of country. bob dole has been a big influence, is a close friend. he still regularly calls, you know, every couple of weeks, and just chats, once to know what is going on. -- wants to know what is going on. and bob is 91, 92 now. but great mind. helped me in my reelect a lot. and i think just the nature of eisenhower, who represents that quintessential kansas nature, is a guy that when faced with a big task, he does not care who gets the credit because we are all going

> kind of looking at these famous names that have come from kansas, from vice president charles curtis to bob dole kansas has been really involved in national politics. are there any politicians that influenced you or your political ideals? >> a lot have. a governor and u.s. senator from congress -- and congressmen from kansas. he was eisenhower's guy in the senate. he was close to eisenhower. they were from about 40 miles apart from each other where they lived. eisenhower came out of abilene and frank came out of kansas. but he helped shape me a lot. it was because he was a very practical man with a lot of character and faith. he did things for love of country. bob dole has been a big influence. he is a close friend. he still regularly calls every couple of weeks and chats and wants to know what is going on. bob is 91, 92 now. but a great mind. helps me a lot. i think just the nature of eisenhower represents that quintessential kansas nature. it is a guy when faced with a big task, he does not care who gets the credit and we will all pull together and get this done. there is a lot of kansas chara