[quidnunc]

stylin19a wrote: man, are you tough ! Newt folded...McCain folded ...Frist folded...Lott folded... and they were savvy,long time politicians. Thompson was a babe in the woods at the time.

A babe in the woods!?

He was co-chief consel for the Senate Watergate committee.

If he wasn't politically tempered there he wouldn't be hardened anywhere.

The man had a chance to prove himself and he failed.

He is telegenic, articulate, charismatic… and a weak reed.

[veronica]

Let the mewling begin. :) Some people here need to take off the rose-colored glasses.

[stylin19a]

you equate the politics involved of being Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities counsel for the minority, and campaign manager for Howard Baker...
with the the everyday politics of being a new US Senator ?

you really are tough.

No on on the republican side can stand up to your muster.