Quite an act: Fred Thompson has lifted spirits of many in the Republican Party

CourierPress/Scripps Howard News Service ^ | 3-22-07 | Dan Thomasson

[STARWISE]

Run, Fred, run!!

[STARWISE]

FRedheads .. PING !

[Txsleuth]

Boy...I sure don't like reading he was a good friend of Hagel.

You don't suppose he would pick Hagel as a running mate, do you??? UGH

[onyx]

He's sure generating a lot of interest and excitement!

[kingu]

Please add me to the ping list.

And I wish Fred would just run!

It is interesting to note that every single major Republican nominee was attacked in the article, associated with a 'bad point' and not one 'good point' to any of them. Drive by media at their best.

[Elyse]

I'm not going to get excited or even speculate about a man who hasn't committed and officially entered the race.

[STARWISE]

Jelly and Howlin are keeping the ping lists .. ;) Go to it,
guys !

[STARWISE]

Dearlord, NO .. I would pray that would NEVER EVER happen. That would be abyssmal ..simply frightening.

[HiJinx]

John McCain's former stature as the man to beat has slipped because of his support for more troops in Iraq.

Well, if that's what the author wants to believe, I suppose it's okay...

Being the subject of a recall movement in your own state should count for something, though.

[SE Mom]

From the piece you posted:

"Whether or not he possesses the desire, money and organization to capture the nomination and then the White House against odds that at this stage clearly favor whoever wins the Democratic nod is another question."

This is clearly the conventional wisdom in the MSM- the libs will take POTUS in 08.

Unbelievable, isn't it?

Run, Fred, RUN!!!

[dinasour]

John McCain's former stature as the man to beat has slipped because of his support for more troops in Iraq.

Yeah, that's it.

[Sloth]

John McCain's former stature as the man to beat has slipped because of his support for more troops in Iraq.

The writer sounded sane right up to this sentence.

[Silly]

(I believe he's 6" 6")

Our first foot-long president!

[STARWISE]

Yep .. he sure leaked out his little bias: for abandoning our troops.

[jellybean]

Please add me to the ping list.

The FRedhead list grows longer. :)

[Graymatter]

In FDT's 1975 book, "At That Point In Time," Fred writes that he is 6'5".

[VRWCmember]

John McCain's former stature as the man to beat has slipped because of his support for more troops in Iraq.

BS. McCain's stature has slipped because he is a raving lunatic that co-sponsored the CFR restrictions on free speech, colluded with the democrats and his "gang of 14" to keep judicial filibusters in place, and undermined W's initiatives from tax cuts to private social security investment accounts at every opportunity. In terms of the GOP nomination, supporting more troops in Iraq in an effort to ensure and achieve victory is about the only positive thing you can say about him.

[VRWCmember]

Part of the equation may be the "Hagel factor." Nebraska Sen. Charles Hagel, a Vietnam veteran who is a hard nosed opponent of the Iraq policy and often mentioned as a potentially viable alternative for Republican moderates. He still hadn't made up his mind.

Hagel is a non-starter that might not even be able to win the GOP primary for his own senate seat if he were up for reelection.

[STARWISE]

Okay!

FRED THOMPSON'S ENTIRE SEGMENT ON LAURA INGRAHAM YESTERDAY - HE'S FANTASTIC!

But, for the first time since hearing of his potential candidacy, hearing him talk about his personal considerations ... family, money, etc., I'm sensing that he could be convinced not to. I can understand, but my heart kinda sunk.