Once Thompson declares (which I believe will occur next month sometime), he’ll get virtually all of Newt’s, Brownback’s, Huckabee’s and Hunter’s support. He’ll get a bunch of people to defect from Romney and McCain. That’ll push him up to #2, or at the least a very strong #3, at which point he’ll begin to get lots of money and press coverage. He’ll motivate the conservative base of the party, and I think that he’ll get the nomination. Rudy is just too liberal to do well out West and down South, and McCain has enemies everywhere (particularly among loyal Republicans - whom he has dissed at almost every opportunity by being a “maverick” (i.e. a media whore) - and those who respect the 1st 2 Amendments to the US Constitution.
Do you believe that Fred will enter the area with his good friend McCain it there? Would a friend do that to a good friend? I thought perhaps, McCain would drop out and then support Fred. What u think?