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Poll shows Fred Thompson a runaway winner (Newt runner-up)
WorldNetDaily ^ | April 14, 2007

Posted on 04/15/2007 12:05:20 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Collects 2-1 margin of victory over nearest runner-up.

Republican Fred Thompson, the target of several "draft Fred" for the White House campaigns, easily won a presidential poll conducted by the American Family Association.

The Alabama native was sent to the Senate after winning a 1994 special election in Tennessee to fill the unexpired term of Democrat Al Gore and was re-elected in 1996. He chose in 2002 not to seek re-election and has appeared in several Hollywood productions since.

In the new AFA poll, he collected 24,872 votes for president in a compilation taken just hours before the poll closed at midnight yesterday.

The runner-up was former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with 9,889 votes, while ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was third with 7,877.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was fourth with 6,154; John McCain fifth with 5,090; Mike Huckabee sixth with 3,179; Sam Brownback seventh with 3,051; Tom Tancredo eighth with 2,060; and Ron Paul ninth with 1,884.

The leading Democrat in the poll was John Edwards, in 10th with 1,780 votes, and he was followed by fellow party members Barack Obama with 1,414 and Hillary Clinton with 1,108.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: electionpresident; fred; fredthompson; gop; newtgingrich; rfr; runfredrun; thompson
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To: Et in Arcadia Ego

IF Rudy is indeed “way ahead” it is only due to the fact that he is actually IN the race. Mr. Thompson HAS YET DECLARED, but, who do I see on Rudy’s heels? oh wait, nope, OMG, is that Mr. Thompson, who has yet to declare, taking away Rudy’s 1st place? How can that be? Mr. Thompson hasn’t even SPENT ONE RED CENT on his campaign, that hasn’t even happened yet! What could it be? Gasp.....


41 posted on 04/15/2007 6:05:57 AM PDT by NoGrayZone
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To: johnny7

How about Thompson/Bush (i.e., Jeb)? It’s been a while since we had a Bush in the VP slot. This ticket would pretty well lock up Florida.


42 posted on 04/15/2007 6:10:28 AM PDT by HoustonTech (ONYX is right! "The fear of Fred's entry is astounding!!!!")
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To: HoustonTech
How about Thompson/Bush (i.e., Jeb)?

Not this time around... and his illegals-stance is no better than GW's. Next to Islamism, the illegal-alien situation is the biggest menace we face. I respect both of them... but on this issue, they're abysmal.

43 posted on 04/15/2007 6:30:42 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Issue in Doubt." -Col. David Monroe Shoup, USMC 1943)
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To: HoustonTech
How about Thompson/Bush (i.e., Jeb)? It’s been a while since we had a Bush in the VP slot. This ticket would pretty well lock up Florida.

Since 1980, save one election, there has been a 'Bush' on the party's ticket. I like Jeb, but we need to get away from potential dynasties in the party. Being an Ohioan who is recovering from the Boob Taft administration, I am very sensitive to that.

44 posted on 04/15/2007 6:34:34 AM PDT by Ghengis (Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
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To: tsowellfan
As for merits I like Watts and secondly his race could gain some black voters.

Not amoung the majority of blacks I don't think. Blacks are too tied to the Marxist's dimocrat party. They are practically joined at birth. Only those blacks who want to make something of themselves, to get out of the ghetto mentality with the mentality that I can do it myself without the government, will vote for Watts. You remember how the Marxist's used to blast J.C. as an Uncle Tom.

45 posted on 04/15/2007 6:38:16 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (America has lost its mind and is on its last days as a free country & Republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I like Duncan Hunter but I would have no problem supporting Thompson.


46 posted on 04/15/2007 8:25:38 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (A leftist will never stand up like a man and admit his true beliefs)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
I agree.

Fred will talk about the LIMITS of government,,,,,while JulieAnnie talks about the POWERS of government.

Fred is the MAN!!

47 posted on 04/15/2007 8:26:06 AM PDT by stockstrader ("I want a conservative President who will be a 'pit-bull' in the War on Liberalism too"!)
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To: Graybeard58

We Want Fred!!


48 posted on 04/15/2007 8:30:37 AM PDT by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: CheyennePress; 2ndDivisionVet; Gondring
This looks to me to be an internet poll. Not really of any value if that’s the case.

It is an internet poll, with the only restriction being that "You can vote only once per e-mail address. Multiple votes will be deleted." So it's certainly not scientific, and AFA.net's readership is hardly a cross-section of the electorate at all, or even a cross-section of Republican primary voters.

What this poll does, however, is refute some of the rumblings that social conservatives won't support Fred Thompson because he's been insufficiently forceful in his pro-life stance or that he hasn't made many public professions of his Christian faith.

The respondents in this poll are self-selected, but I think we can safely assume that they are, by and large, conservatives who weigh social issues heavily - a key constituency Thompson must win to be nominated. This poll indicates he has a viable chance of doing so.
49 posted on 04/15/2007 9:18:47 AM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: papasmurf

If you already have a comparison drawn up, I would love to see it. I am all for J.C. Watts. Don’t do any extra work, though. :)


50 posted on 04/15/2007 9:34:34 AM PDT by Politicalmom ("Thompson seems to recognize that he wins the guy-I'd-want-to-get-a-beer-with- contest hands down.")
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To: HoustonTech

Mr. “Our immigration laws are too tough”?

Never.


51 posted on 04/15/2007 9:41:01 AM PDT by Politicalmom ("Thompson seems to recognize that he wins the guy-I'd-want-to-get-a-beer-with- contest hands down.")
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To: papasmurf
I think you would agree, while Mr. Steele is a fine man, J.C. is a true conservative and more experienced than is Mr. Steele.

I'm a big fan of JC Watts myself, and would love to see him on the ticket, as he's been one of the better communicators of conservative principles we've seen in some time, as we saw in 1997 when he delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union Address. He also has some of my favorite quotes in politics, like ,"As my daddy use to say to me, dogs don't bark at parked cars."

However, if he is chosen to run for Vice President, I want it to be on his own considerable merits, and not simply to appeal to the "black vote". That sort of race pandering is unworthy of the Republican Party, as I think we've prided ourselves in recent years on being the colorblind party that values individuals based on their own qualities, not their membership in a demographic group that can claim historical victimhood.
52 posted on 04/15/2007 9:41:36 AM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: Et in Arcadia Ego

Et in Arcadia Ego wrote: “Rudy’s still way ahead.”

Actually, Rudy’s numbers are dropping as more and more conservatives begin to learn how liberal he is.

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And wrote: “The thing is, the American people know Rudy.”

The truth is that they don’t. A recent poll (the scientific kind), conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, shows that many voters remain unaware of Rudy’s liberal stand on key issues. Only 34 percent of GOP voters were aware Giuliani has a pro-choice stance on abortion rights - a position opposed by the conservative activists that dominate the party. Just 17 percent polled knew that Giuliani backed gun control measures, which are strongly opposed by the party, and only 16 percent were aware that Giuliani opposes a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

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And wrote: “He’s branded. Fred isn’t, at leat not in the same way.”

Well, you got one right! Rudy’s branded all right, and the brand is “liberal.” And you’re right that Fred isn’t liberal in the same way that Giuliani is - Fred’s brand is “conservative.”

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“Too bad, so sad. The facts are still the fatcs (sic).”

Yes, too bad for Rudy supporters. The facts all add up to this: Rudy is too liberal to win the Republican nomination.

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And wrote: “Trust me on this one!”

Um, nothing personal, but I’d rather trust the facts. Rudy is too liberal on abortion, guns, gays and immigration for most Republicans and most Americans. New York values just don’t play very well out here in flyover country.


53 posted on 04/15/2007 11:08:31 AM PDT by Josh Painter (Draft Fred Thompson: the grassroots "surge that will transform the Republican race." - The Hill)
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To: Gondring
And by the AFA... not exactly a cross-section of the electorate. :-(

I don't think it was meant to be. It shows that Thompson can carry the "values voters" in a big way. I think that there was some doubt about that with some regarding the Dobson comment, Howard Baker, etc.

54 posted on 04/15/2007 11:22:52 AM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: Oztrich Boy

You’re a stupid creep.


55 posted on 04/15/2007 11:23:39 AM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: LegendHasIt

Steele went on Jon Stewart blaming Bush and Rumsfeld for his Senate loss.


56 posted on 04/15/2007 11:26:00 AM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: The Pack Knight

How do you think the fact that Watts has at least two illegitimate children with different women go over with the electorate?


57 posted on 04/15/2007 11:30:20 AM PDT by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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To: papasmurf

papasmurf wrote: “I would be happy [to] provide comparisons between Mr. Steele and former Rep. Watts. I think you would agree, while Mr. Steele is a fine man, J.C. is a true conservative and more experienced than is Mr. Steele.”

I agree that J.C. is a bit more conservative and has more experience than Michael Steele. While former Rep. Watts would be my first choice for Fred’s running mate, I would ethusiastically support either of these two good men and talented politicians.


58 posted on 04/15/2007 11:37:01 AM PDT by Josh Painter (Draft Fred Thompson: the grassroots "surge that will transform the Republican race." - The Hill)
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To: Ghengis

I dunno...with the Dems getting the felon vote now, will we ever get Florida?


59 posted on 04/15/2007 11:58:54 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: streetpreacher; A1 Southern Man; Oztrich Boy
You’re a stupid creep.

Actually, Oztrich Boy brings up an interesting point. What do you think her effect will be (vote-wise), should she convince Sen. Thompson to run?

60 posted on 04/15/2007 12:02:35 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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