Posted on 12/28/2007 4:18:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Fred Thompson has picked up endorsements from three state representatives - Kraig Paulsen of Cedar Rapids, Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton and Jamie Van Fossen of Davenport -- bringing his total to six.
Mitt Romney still has a prohibitive lead with 16, followed by John McCain with eight.
(Table at link)
Same here....Fred has been my man all along, but I was ready to look at the Huckster if the msm is successful in sinking Fred. But after learning more about him, it looks like he's almost as bad as Rudy McRomney.
Fred Thompson’s Campaign Picking Up Key Iowa Conservatives Key Undecided Iowa Conservatives Start Move Toward Thompson
Fred Thompson Receives the Endorsement of Iowa State Rep. Gary Worthan
Conservative State Leader Supporting Thompson
A late movement by Iowa conservatives toward the Fred Thompson campaign was spotlighted by today’s announcement that noted Iowa conservative leader, State Representative Gary Worthan, had endorsed the former Senator from Tennessee.
Many Iowa conservatives have been undecided and Worthan’s endorsement was an important one for the Thompson campaign, which got a late start in the 2008 election process.
“Gary Worthan was one of the key Iowa conservatives that had been undecided.” stated Bob Haus, Thompson’s Iowa Executive Director. “Gary’s endorsement is one we were hoping to pick up in these days leading up to the Iowa Caucuses. We’re humbled to get it.”
Haus stated that the campaign expects to pick up more endorsements from Iowa conservatives. Conservative support has been encouraging and “the movement on the ground here seems to be toward Fred Thompson.”
“Events overseas the last few days have helped highlight Senator Thompson’s foreign policy experience. While some of the other candidates, including the front-runners, seem a little perplexed, Senator Thompson’s steadiness in his statements and steel in his spine has helped swing some key support to our campaign.”
” We’ll have some more announcements a little later on. We expect more undecided Iowa conservatives to gravitate our way over the next week.”
Thompson’s Iowa Legislative Leadership team includes several conservatives already.
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I do not particularly find fault with those who support Mitt Romney. There are two important goals in picking a primary candidate; they are equally important, and they are more important than any other:
As for condition #2, Mitt Romney might meet it or he might not. My personal feeling is that he probably does, but I can't say so with certainty. The uncertainty isn't enough to disqualify Mitt Romney in my book, but it does make me want for a better alternative.
If Fred Thompson is on the ballot when the Illinois primary rolls around, I will vote for him. If Thompson, Romney, or Huckabee wins the nomination, I will vote for him in the general election; I will be much happier in the general if Fred wins the nomination, but would support the others I mentioned in the general (if Hunter won the nomination somehow I'd happily vote for him in the general, but that's really unlikely to happen).
Welcome back to Fred!! I hope you can convince others that wearing your Christianity on your sleeve while not having much else that’s conservative about you is not a good way to get elected on the Republican ticket.
I believe something like that could happen. I pray it does.
EXCELLENT point. Only Fred among all the candidates really supports #2. We got Ahnold elected in CA, BUT FOR WHAT, I ask you? BUT FOR WHAT? Who cares how electable a RINO might be?
Mitt spread around a lot of money in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina in 2004 and 2006. And for most politicians, it doesn't take much money at all.
He spread lots of money early. And he seems unbeatable. I bet a lot of the endorsement came early.
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