Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 06/04/2007 8:54:37 AM PDT by TheNewPundit
Now that Thompson has wrapped up the GOP nomination, the question on everyone's mind is who he will pick to be his running mate. I know we are still months away from the primaries. I am also aware that Fred hasn't actually announced his bid. But let's be honest, he is going to run and he is going to win. He is the most popular Republican in the race, despite the fact he isn't officially in the race.
The Presidential race is more about popularity than politics. Why do you think the two current front-runners are also the most liberal? Rudy and McCain are popular because of their past. The other candidates don't have the same history. Romney is doing well because he knows marketing, or someone on his team knows marketing. But the rest of the candidates, despite their conservative values, have very low poll numbers. Just don't tell the Ron Paul "truthers" that I said that. Internet polls that allow you to vote 100 times don't count, ok.
Fred is popular, mostly because of his time on the television, which interestingly enough started when he played himself. This led to some great movie rolls, and of course his current roll as a conservative prosecutor. All of this has increased his popularity amongst conservatives and has made him a favorite with conservative pundits and blogs. Some trivia for you, part of his inspiration to run was Dick Wolf, the guy who put together the many Law and Order shows.
So, again, now that he has this thing wrapped up, who will he pick as his running mate? We have seen in the past where the candidate picks a former foe from the primaries. There is some speculation that Fred will pick one of the current candidates. Steve Elliott of grassfire.org is expecting a younger governor, thinking that two senators won't play well in the fight against Barack O'Clinton. This is a very good point, especially given the recent record for senators against governors in the presidential race.
I won't speculate myself, but I will tell you what to look for. Look for polls, transformed into pairing people up with running mates. An example: Would you vote for Hillary/Obama or Thompson/Romney or Thompson/Tancredo?
Fred is running because fictional polls that included himself and Newt put the both of them well above other candidates. Fred played this so that he would know whether or not to actually run. He wanted to be certain that the people were tired of the front-running RINOs. And we are tired of them. Fred will find out who makes the best ticket, and he will start this process very soon.
I'm not sure that he can win it all right now. Republicans are very angry, mostly about amnesty, I mean "Comprehensive Immigration Reform"; I mean amnesty. I don't know if this can be saved, but with his popularity, maybe he is the guy who can do it. The pick for VP will play a very important factor here. The democrats will do the same, we could even see another Clinton/Gore ticket believe it or not. My guess is that it will be Clinton/Obama.
Don't screw it up Fred, the country can't afford it right now.
Thanks.
Great call!
I disagree that we will face a Clinton/Obama ticket simply because while Obama may be many things, stupid isn't one of them. He knows that with Clinton's negatives she has to be considered somewhat of a long shot to win. If she does then he enters 2012 without the baggage of being the former second-banana on a losing ticket, status that hasn't done Lieberman or Edwards a whole lot of good. Should Clinton win the nomination then I think Obama will thank her very much for her offer but respectfully decline. Then he'll go out and campaign his ass off for her so that should she lose then he can't be blamed for it. If she does lose then he's positioned to run in 2012 as an experienced Senator. If she wins then it's 2016 and he's no worse off than if he had taken the Veep spot. Either way he's probably Senator for Life from Illinois so he doesn't have to sweat his re-election campaigns. He can pretty much phone it in and spend a lot of time campaigning for others and building up Brownie points. Every other Democrat candidate realizes that it's now or never for them. Obama is the only one with time.
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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My guesses: #1 Romney, #2 McCain, #3 Talent
Great graphic!
Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008
He is a brilliant, but I doubt that he would be interested. An interesting possibility though.
Fred’s veep? Chuck Norris!
That sir is the right answer, or perhaps a Thompson- Herman Cain ticket. Both are good men, and you would not be going wrong with either one.
Sowell would be brilliant as Secretary of Education.
Agreed. I think it will be Tim Pawlenty, who could very likely bring at least MN with him, and possibly bring a couple other midwestern states as well.
If I remember right, he was offered that position in the Reagan Administration and declined when he realized that the administration had no intention of following through on its campaign pledge to eliminate the Department of Education.
I just want to watch Zell in a veep debate against Richardson or another dumbocrat. It would be must see TV!
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