The people who honestly think Thompson can win in this anti-Bush atmosphere amaze me. Its like they think Ohio and the rest of the midwest will vote Republican as long as we nominate any social conservative.
Presuming the “anti-Bush” atmosphere has merit, which I don’t know yet how it will be in 2008, Thompson is the better candidate.
After all, Rudy is closely tied to Bush. He campaigned for Bush in 2004, and stood by him publicly on Iraq. He’s also tied to the republican fiasco of 2006, having spent months running around the country stumping for all of our candidates, many of whom lost.
Rudy would be a lot easier for the democrats to tie to Bush than Thompson will be.