Posted on 07/31/2007 3:54:11 PM PDT by mdittmar
Republican Fred Thompson has faced a series of bumps in his preliminary campaign, casting doubt on the strength of his would-be candidacy and raising questions about his potential for success.
Despite the difficulties, the "Law & Order" actor and former Tennessee senator continues to post strong marks in national surveys and early primary state polls five months before voting begins. But his transformation from a man simply flirting with a bid to one on the brink of an official candidacy has been far from smooth the past few months.
His challenge: living up to the hopes of dispirited Republicans searching for a conservative to rally around in the wide-open race.
"The expectation levels are sky high right now, so that means if you don't meet them financially, you don't meet them organizationally and you don't meet them message-wise, you're in trouble," said Joe Gaylord, a Republican consultant close to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who also may enter the GOP race.
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"I did not even read the article."
You don’t read articles that you post?
Yikes! I'd be embarrassed to admit to that. That's little more than drive-by posting. Post without any discernment, any concern for the truth value of what you post. That really brings glory down on your candidate, Mr. Hunter.
Exaggerated? Most of it’s just plain garbage, like painting raising money at a rate near that of Mr. Romney, who has actually ANNOUNCED, as some sort of underachievement. LOL. I gotta underachieve like that in life.
“I tried the route of quoting Fred in arguments ranging from his wanting to ditch the GOP platform, to his own words on abortion in the 1990s.”
As for that stuff, your attempts to knock Mr. Thompson failed because your material just wasn’t very strong. Sorry. That’s how it goes some times.
It’s interesting, though, that you’re essentially confessing to trying to shoot down Mr. Thompson using old, sometimes pretty iffy, material, that failed, so now you’re posting anything that you think that might stick to the wall.
I find that disappointing.
sitetest
Vey interesting history, there! Some folks only seem to be able to remember what happened in yesterday’s headlines, sometimes, and want to set events in stone based on them.
I think Fred’s problem with the platform was that it was nothing but a cause for the media to beat Republicans over the head with, and for Republicans to beat each other up, in the weeks between the convention and the election. That eats up valuable media time when that could be more profitable spent informing folks about the Democrat opponent!
Pst. Try 11
We’ll get it hammered out here soon. TO a place that Jim and the rest of us can live with.
I’m thinking Fred can handle it. That’s not the problem.
If freds previous words are old, and “iffy”, don’t blame me. Maybe he has matured.
As for posting before reading, you might want to look in the mirror, slick, then recheck the poster.
Yes, he did not deem it worth the fight, that so many worked so hard to get it right.
Do these AP morons really think that drivel such as this will convince Republican voters?
I think that was his point. The time spent fighting over parts of the platform, about which many Republicans don't have a clue what's included, and could probably care less, could be better spent informing voters about what exactly the Republican candidate DOES stand for, and contrasting that to the Democrat.
That is so very true... some did not even read or absorb it. Thank you for taking the time.
LLS
I was watching a segment of the Beltway Boys over the weekend and they think him too conservative and not mainstream enough to get elected President (Or even garner the nomination).
Barnes even cited his pieces on the Radio as "Pandering to the base" and criticized his statement about the immigration bill.( "No matter how much lipstick Washington tries to slap onto this legislative pig, it’s not going to win any beauty contests.")
“If freds previous words are old, and ‘iffy’, don’t blame me. Maybe he has matured.”
If the charges you made don’t gain any traction, that’s hardly an excuse to throw around whatever silliness is out there. That's essentially what you've admitted.
“As for posting before reading, you might want to look in the mirror, slick, then recheck the poster.”
Are you saying that I create attack threads and post negative articles about candidates without reading them? Please cite an instance.
sitetest
If they don’t gain any traction, then that’s a decision for voters to make. The fact that several of Fred’s past positions are shaky (being generous), as demonstrated by his own words, is just that, a fact.
Once again, look at the poster of this thread. A glance at post #1 or the thread title will clue you in.
Fred sounds great these days, as does Romney for the most part, and even Rudy on occasion. My interest is how their current rhetoric stacks up with their past.
“Once again, look at the poster of this thread. A glance at post #1 or the thread title will clue you in.”
Gotcha.
My apologies on this one.
sitetest
I's difficult to see what's in a man heart, I base my views on Thompson's voting record. Romney is a tough sell, I just don't buy his excuses for past liberal leanings.
Rudi is Like Lieberman, strong on defense/terror sucks in most other ways.
No worries.
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