Posted on 06/21/2007 2:33:26 PM PDT by Josh Painter
After more than a year of fretting, it looks as if many members of the Arlington Group, an informal roundtable of the country's most influential culturally conservative groups, are fast settling around Fred Thompson as their presidential candidate of choice.
Thompson is not an evangelical, but he has, evidently, sounded solid enough in his private meetings with individual Arlington Group members, a series of which have taken place over the past few weeks.
The Group does not endorse as a whole -- that's not how it's set up -- but its views generally reflect the views of conservative, politically active Christians in some early primary states...
Many Arlington Group members are pragmatic. I've been told that they realize Mitt Romney does not have longstanding family ties to the conservative establishment and assume that he will govern from the center... that a President John McCain would not care and feed their members' institutional interests at all... that Rudy Giuliani would not align his governing agenda with theirs. Choosing Thompson may be as much about survival as it is about policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at marcambinder.theatlantic.com ...
You know, the Thompson candidacy was born here on Free Republic in 2006. I remember someone here suggesting him as a candidate.
That you, massadvj?
The bill/debate is still ongoing. Fred has already stated his opposition to it. Going to the border for a photo-op is a cheap political stunt. Fred is eating popcorn watching the Senate hang themselves over this and he'll tap into the public's frustration.
ROFL
Sounds like a good plan
So then if one disagrees with someone on 2 or 3 things, he’s a “RINO”? Precisely why this word has effectively lost its meaning.
McCain and his friend Graham define RINO.
It may be funny to you but I’m honest. As honest when I say I support McCain with reservations, as you had to be when you said you could no longer support Rudy.
Kind of like McCain and his friend Thompson?
“which is why I favor McCain”
So you’re the one!
He's too smart for that.
I think it is a very smart way to get into this by having people ask you to run, encourage you to run. That doesn’t happen very often in such a public way as this has been.
Any of the other candidates have such a public outporing of urging them to run?
But, but I thought the Duncan Hunterites said Fred wasn’t a “true conservative” like Congressman Hunter? What gives? I’m all confused...my brain hurts....
Okay, you’ve made your point. We all know he is running......you refuse to admit it.
You continue to post the same thing over and over........
You “say” you haven’t picked a candidate...
So, why are you so worried that Fred hasn’t announced yet? Why does it bother you so much?
Why so worried about all the support Fred is generating?
You can’t be serious????????
ROFL........warn me next time.
perhaps it was you because that is how I remember it. Kind of out of the blue suggestion, but very intriguing.
Fred must have been lurking.
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