Posted on 07/26/2007 7:21:34 AM PDT by hardback
Many Republican faithful, from the grass roots to the Capitol, have concluded that Fred Thompson, the preternaturally avuncular actor and former Senator from Tennessee, is the cure-all for their party's ills.
Thompson has yet to enter the presidential race, and yet Thompson already shares front-runner status with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in some national polls of gop voters.
Thompson will spend the rest of the summer raising money, which he was scheduled to do conspicuously at a donor event in Washington on July 28. Another advantage to waiting: the longer he remains an unofficial candidate, the longer NBC can air reruns of Law & Order featuring Thompson as Manhattan DA Arthur Branch without running afoul of the equal-time provision of federal campaign law.
"His timing has been brilliant so far," insists Tennessee Congressman Zach Wamp, who led the effort to convince Thompson he should run. "While he's been waiting, some candidates have been falling and the others haven't been moving. Frankly, there's been a lot of advantages to [it]. He's probably gotten more attention not being a candidate than he would have being a candidate."
While Thompson's undeclared campaign , raises money and figures out how to live up to the hype surrounding his candidacy, his potential opponents are busy adjusting to the new dynamics of the race.
The problem for Giuliani—and the rest of the field—is that Thompson has the same strategy, and the Tennessean's Southern drawl and conservative voting record are likely to play well in South Carolina.
If Thompson can keep enthusiasm high until he enters the race in the fall, he might be able to turn what was supposed to be a marathon race for the nomination into a relatively brief, four-month sprint.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
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Wait for it. Here comes Pissant and crew to start a Trash Fred Thread of the Day.....again.
The “savior of conservatism” doesn’t name an Islamic sympathizer to run his campaign. Next.
Are they suggesting that he attempt to "inconspicuously" raise money?
> Another advantage to waiting: the longer he remains an unofficial candidate, the longer NBC can air reruns of Law & Order featuring Thompson as Manhattan DA Arthur Branch without running afoul of the equal-time provision of federal campaign law. <
Ha! I have no doubt whatsoever that if Fred is the Republican nominee we will see rereuns of every episode that makes Branch look bad in the week before the election.
When your guy is in the one percenters you have to make up for it somewhere.
As much as I like Duncan, I can't reconcile some of the supporters he has here on FR. The audacity and vehement trashinging at every opportunity to somehow elevate their guy to a 'better' status isn't working. And I wonder if the Duncan campaign wouldn't lean over and tell them to 'shut up, you're not helping at all with these antics.'
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I decided last night to stop responding.. what's the point talking to people who don't know the difference in Globalization, Globalism, and Globalists and think the CFR actually has power beyond writing opinion papers (not to mention ignore that there are anti-NAU policy papers drafted by the CFR..something completely ignored by tin foilers..)
Given the lack of evidence to the contrary, I’ll presume you have none. Seems to be a pattern with the Fred supporters lately.
I strongly second the strong concern in hanging out with pro no rules immigration folks (Spenser A. & likely W).
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OK Admin, you can lock the thread now, save some drive space...
I wonder if this isn’t why these fluff pieces are posted.
To start arguments among us.
But, hey, don’t let me get in the way of your fun.
Flame away.
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I love Fred but to say anyone is the savior of the GOP is just wrong.
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