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Thompson is not lacking in courage, but he is playing the election game smart. You don't enter into a battle while your enemies are busy defeating each other. You wait it out and when your enemies are battle weary, you walk in and finish them off.

I think the present field of candidates are all idiots for getting involved this early. Why are we having debates eight months before the first primaries? By the time the primaries come along we will all be bored out of our minds with these clowns. These early debates do nothing more than expose the weaknesses in these guys. Everything we learn about these guys will be forgotten by september, when the real election cycle begins. IMO these guys are just pissing away their campaign treasuries by going at it so early.

I didn't watch the debate because it is irrelevant at this point. All I know about this group is that Rudy is totally unacceptable.

By the time the primaries come along we will all be bored out of our minds with these clowns.

I'm already bored. The current field of the Republicans are not exactly top-tier and plus it's way too early to get excited at this point.

I think the necessity to get in early and debate is for those without high voter name recognition.

The new Super Tuesday with New York and California and many other States in the mix has changed the dynamics of primaries.

Before you could start small and build recognition by doing well in an early primary. But it will be all over by March with one big national election now...

That means that these fellows have just seven months to make contact with the voters, to get their policies, character, and records known.

That isn’t much time when so many tens of millions of people have to be reached.

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