[gridlock]

If Fred can finish strong in NH, then SC can be the state that puts him on top for good.

Frankly, I think the choice for Republicans in 2008 is between Fred Thompson and oblivion. There is no guarantee, of course, that we will not choose oblivion. They don't call us The Stupid Party for nuthin'!

[proudofthesouth]

I think that conservatives need to form a new party cause the Repub is no longer truly conservative.

[TLI]

If Fred can finish strong in NH,

My understanding (corrections and updates welcome) is that Fred consiters NH too lib, he will not change anyones mind there anyway and is going directly to SC.

[deport]

If Fred can finish strong in NH, then SC can be the state that puts him on top for good.

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Not gonna happen unless you consider finishing just above Hunter or Cox as strong. Fred was just on Fox News and what little I caught of it he is saying he’s not going to do well in NH, hasn’t campaigned there, not enough time, etc. etc. He’s polling somewhere around 2 - 3%. He is only in NH for the circus that was yesterday and today. He is concentrating on SC as his breakout state.

[2ndDivisionVet]

GOP tonight [Mark Steyn]

Fred was great. He’s like Perry Como. He should never not sit down. Romney, I thought, was not good. McCain’s crack about how he agreed Mitt was the “candidate of change” was an instant killer of the governor’s post-Iowa rhetorical tic and he had no comeback apart from a prissy complaint about McCain being “needlessly personal”. He’s got to be better than that if he’s going to retrieve this thing by Tuesday.

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