Posted on 04/01/2007 9:13:44 PM PDT by SE Mom
In just three weeks, Fred Thompson has transformed the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. It is not merely that he has come from nowhere to double digits in polls. He is the talk of GOP political circles because he is filling the conservative void in the field.
Republican activists have complained for months that none of the Big Three -- Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney-- fits the conservative model of a conservative leader for a conservative party. The party faithful have been waiting for another Ronald Reagan. But in conversations with them the past year, nobody mentioned Thompson as the messiah until he appeared March 11 on "Fox News Sunday."
Thompson was surprised by the reaction to his statement that he was "giving some thought" to running. In the first Gallup Poll that listed Thompson (conducted March 23-25), he scored 12 percent -- amazing for someone out of public life for more than four years who has not campaigned. More important is his backing within the political community. Buyer's remorse is expressed by several House members who endorsed Romney, the former Massachusetts governor.
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..They are coming to see Thompson as the only conservative who can be nominated...
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Yikes, ping!!!
WOO HOO!!!!!
Nice. Smart. It's too early to bet on any one candidate, but so far, Thompson hasn't screwed anything up. I'm encouraged.
I know:)
This is ...simply amazing!
IBTRB
I was assured by the Rudybots that this was an impossiblity.....
But don't you know Fred is just a "Stalking-Horse" for McCain? /sarc
It is pretty clear that if you look closely at all the other candidates, he has the best chance to win (sorry, Newt, but you also have baggage even though you have great solutions).
I hope that this is the answer I have been waiting for...we will see.
I have made no contribution and expressed no preference for any other candidates...none seemed "right"!
Congrats, then--you Rudyhaters attacking his personal life and ideology, as opposed to his ability to be a leader, have done their job--can't beat him intellectually or on the issues, go for his personal life. How proud you must feel.
Once it comes out that Fred once jaywalked you people will be all over him for not being "the right kind of conservative" or something. And HRC will be home free...
Can I exhale, yet?
Seriously, I found myself holding my breath while reading. Could this really happen??
Run, Fred, RUN!
Choose to be a sleaze with your wife, guess what, middle America doesn't agree, its that simple Rudy, get over it and find a job protecting our security without your new wife's input!
Looks like Tommy Thompson is also running.
Theoretically, the GOP coudl have a Thompson/Thompson ticket. Now that would be keeping it simple.
I know, I know!!!
Whoa, dude, chill out.
You'd like Fred. Give him a chance.
"I was assured by the Rudybots that this was an impossiblity"
.............LMAO!!
Thompson and Thompson. Sounds like a law firm. ;-)
I've been shouting his name for over three months but it is still over 19 months until election day.
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