In 2008, the stalking horse was supposedly Fred Thompson, holding off the voters until McCain could put his campaign back together — in other words, the “candidate” everybody wanted but who hadn’t actually joined the race. Thompson finally joined in September, just as some people claim Palin is waiting until September. Thompson was a strong second in polls, just as Palin is a strong second in polls. Thompson didn’t pan out once he joined the campaign. We ended up with John McCain.Cool. Let's all talk stalking horse senarios. I'll give you one I think is more probable.
Huckabee was the stalking horse. Rollins was his jockey jusk like Bachmann.
Thompson was sitting a strong second in the polls. The day he entered the race in September, the media pushed Huckabee, just like now they push Bachmann.
Thompson never had a chance after that.
We ended up with McCain.