[Jim W N]

Why is he seemingly so reluctant to he enter the race? Doesn't he know, it’s not about him, but if he’s called to this, its about his country?

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“Fred Thompson, the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan?”

Not even close.

[Pistolshot]

Even Thompson has said he is not Ronald Reagan, that there will only ever be one Ronald Reagan.

[Calpernia]

ping

[jmyrlefuller]

I’m still not sold on the guy...

[gondramB]

There are two main reasons to call someone the new Ronald Reagan - to build them up more than they deserve or to build them up to tear them down.

Either way its not helpful.

[Hawk1976]

No, he is not the second coming of Reagan. I would expect President Fred Thompson to be President Fred Thompson and chart his own course in his own time.

I am an undecided as yet. Rudy McRomney is a disgusting option for the Republican party. I will need to hear more from Fred before I support his candidacy, he will probably need to enter the race and convince me first.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ping!

[ejonesie22]

This is easy to resolve. If FDT was the second coming of Reagan, his movies, in general, would not have been as good...

Other than that, Fred is Fred and Ronnie was Ronnie. I am sure they would agree about 90% of the time, and the other 10 they’d flip for...

[what's up]

Fred's a talker, yes, as all lawyers are. But an executive? I have my doubts.

I'm still open to him as I am open to others and probably won't decide until at least Mar 08, but his reluctance to announce makes me doubt his decisiveness...thus, his effectiveness in the biggest Executive Position in the world.

[deport]

Fred Thompson, the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan?

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As hard as Joseph tries it’s useless to compare a candidate of one generation to another as the 2nd coming of the prior. Too much changes between generations for a realistic comparision to be made.

[nonliberal]

Reagan did not have terrorist sympathizers on his campaign team.

[Fast Ed97]

More like the second coming of Bob Dole. Reagan was the leader of the conservative movement before he entered the White House. He came into office with a conservative platform and vision "government is the problem, not the solution."

Fred Thompson is simply a moderate-conservative Republican who many find to be the most electable. If President, he will be another GWB and likely hold the line on Pro-Life, 2nd Amendment and judges, but continue to be indifferent or even adversarial to reducing government.

[rob777]

“it’s also becoming fairly clear that the oddly constructed coalition that Reagan built combining fiscal conservatives, defense hawks, libertarians, Evangelicals and working-class conservative Democrats is about to fall apart unless Thompson can reinvent it.”

If this is not done, conservatism and the GOP will suffer greatly in the future. This is the way forward to restoring our civilization and to political victory. Among those running for office, I do not see anyone other than Fred who can pull this off.

[Poser]

Oh my, what to do? Fred won’t jump right in 15 months before the election! Oh woe is me! Waaaaa! Waaaaa! Waaaaa!

Sorry, but nobody’s interested before Thanksgiving. Fred is exactly right to not waste his money or time now.

[humblegunner]

Who is Fred Thompson?

[Major_Risktaker]

Fred Thompson is not the second coming of Ronald Reagan.

More media BS.

[Natchez Hawk]

“Fred Thompson, the second coming of Reagan?”

UMM, NO.

[BallyBill]

If RR was still around he’d be kickin’ tail and telling people to be themselves and quit chasing ghosts.

[SonnyBubba]

The worse Republican candidate is better than the best
Democrat candidate