Dear massadvj,
"I am not going to abandon a guy who gets 50 percent of the vote in the general without spending a dime and runs 4-7 points AHEAD of Hillary in the polls, as opposed to BEHIND her."
Well, give him a few more weeks, and perhaps Mr. Thompson will go from being merely a point ahead to being significantly ahead of Mrs. Clinton, as well.
"Call me stupid... but 2006 woke me up to political reality, and I am not going to back losers just because they agree with me more."
I won't call you stupid. It's not really my style.
However, I don't see why I'd want to "win" an election with a fellow with whom I disagree on nearly all the issues that are most important to me. I don't see why I'd want to "win" an election with someone who, as a result of winning, will unavoidably and dramatically change the Republican Party, all for the worse, making it no longer a vehicle for conservatism, especially on social issues.
If the Republican nominee is Mr. Giuliani, then a liberal will be elected president, no matter who wins.
But if the house is going to be on fire no matter what you do, it seems prudent at least not to burn down the firehouse.
sitetest
Wake me up when that happens. I think he will hit an unsurmountable ceiling at about 45 percent of the vote versus any Dimwit nominee. He is too far to the right. We lost in 2006 because our candidates were too far to the right and that allowed the Dims to occupy the political center in the swing states of VA, MO, PA. We can't make that mistake again.
I am certain Thompson cannot win here in PA, and also certain Giuliani can. If that changes, I'll rethink it. But I haven't seen enough to get off the Rudy Express just yet.