Posted on 03/10/2007 1:47:33 PM PST by Josh Painter
Democratic strategist Bob Beckel admitted, in an interview on Fox News, that Fred Thompson for president would be their worst nightmare. Sounds good to me!
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Rudy might possibly be a VP, (but he probably will not agree to that) but he won't be necessary for a win.
Neither Rudy, or McCains following is that strong.
Keep your eye on Bobby Jindal. He's going to win the gubernatorial race in October here in Louisiana, he's a true conservative, and he's smart as a whip. Plus, he's still in his 30's. Look for him to go big time in 2016.
This disturbing profile almost certainly qualifies him as a RINO and a 'socialist' by some. :-)
"We should realize that not only is Minority cooperation in investigations and hearings desirable and appropriate, it is actually an absolute necessity if the Committee is going to carry out its obligations to the American people."may correspond to how he thinks things work in Washington. For counterarguments watch all the forthcoming hearings in the Pelosi-Reid Congress. Does John Conyers think he'll need minority cooperation? Fred's side had a much greater margin than Reid has now. My recollection was that his leadership was very weak and that he accomplished much less than Freepers at that time thought was possible. He was the Chairman. If he couldn't control his majority on the Committee and use them to control his party's majority in the Senate, when investigating what many here thought was treason, why should I trust him to out duel Democrats on other issues? Their only real defense against Fred then would have been for Glenn and Lieberman to threaten to filibuster actions that required support of the full Senate and for Clinton and Gore to stonewall any subpoenas. As the allegedly best media connected Republican, Fred should have been in a great position to apply public pressure to any such obstructions. He failed his audition.
that's what I thought, why would he say that if not just to confuse the field. He wants him to run.
Yes, he probably IS completely out.
He is being pushed by Howard Baker who used his power to dam the Little T
TVA condemned property for Lake Tellico. Later, vast flat un flooded lakeside tracts were sold to developers for condos. Guess whose law firm was involved?
Baker is tainted.
For the moment, I'm backing Romney, but if Fred joins the race, he's got my vote. He'll pretty much destroy Mitt's candidacy because he'll draw voters from the South and Midwest that Romney needs, and he'll put a big hurt on the Rudy bandwagon.
As for McCain, my thinking is, his own staff is telling him he won't get the nomination, so Fred jumping in allows him to bow out of the race with a bit of grace.
I'd tell NBC to sue my ass off. When I'm elected, see what if any contract GE gets or if NBC even gets remote access to the White House!
I think it has a great ring to it!
He could be my long lost Dad, or switch his name to Rus.. hehe!
That's not going to happen.
Hey Mayor---it must have been subliminal. I heard Thompson and I thought "great leader"!
Best to Jul!
With his speaking skills Thompson could be very formidable on the campaign trai1.
Unless you are a retread, you weren't here back then, when a whole LOT of what was actually pulled by Livingstone came out into the open. I was here and read ALL of the articles about it and therefore know what I'm talking about. :-)
I understand your point. BUT the MSM does not treat both parties equally.
Clinton...he's just a guy...extramarital sex - no problem
Newt...(or any Republican): horrors. Hitler reconstituted. You get my drift?
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