Posted on 08/17/2007 9:47:53 AM PDT by SmithL
IN JUST two weeks, Fred Thompson will finally announce his formal entry into the 2008 presidential race and instantly become the biggest Republican threat to Rudy Giuliani.
The long-anticipated move by the former "Law and Order" star begins today with his arrival at the Iowa State Fair, where he will face his first real test before actual voters. Giuliani still holds a 10-point advantage over him in national polls, according to RealClearPolitics, but Thompson has seen his own support steadily grow while Giuliani's slowly erodes, from a high of nearly 40 percent earlier this year to below 30 percent now.
The biggest question for Republicans frustrated with the field is whether Thompson has waited so long to enter the race that he's blown any chance of capturing the nomination.
In the months since he began openly flirting with the idea, Thompson's fund-raising has disappointed supporters, he's burned through staff, and a negative story line about his wife, Jeri, meddling with the staff has begun to dog the campaign.
Yet he remains in the strongest position to pick off Giuliani, and hopes to become the real straight talker with big, gutsy ideas whose conservative credentials are beyond reproach.
Thompson's biggest gift over the last few months has been the collapse of Arizona Sen. John McCain's campaign. Once the presumed favorite, McCain is skidding barely above single digits in national polls.
Traditional political observers, of course, go berserk if you consider national polls.
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Send me a private reply and I’ll take you up on that bet.
I’ll take that bet! Seriously, if you are?
I’ll second that. He’s well suited for the commentator role. Not so much a Republican frontrunner.
Another Mitt booster spewing nonsense. The fear of Fred is strong here...
I only take PayPal.
Break me off a piece of that.
So we have fans of the guy who bought a victory in the Ames straw poll. And the guy who barely registered.
Meanwhile, Fred is stealing the thunder less than a week afterwards. Again.
If he does announce before 8-31-07, I will pay you $50.
Do you have PayPal?
Scared say scared?
Fear of what? A non-candidate whose credentials include Law & Order and filling in for Paul Harvey? Hardly something that has me quivering in my boots.
You want a piece of the action?
Wanna put a 50 on it?
What a chicken. Every report to date says Fred won't announce until after Labor Day.
BWAK BWAK BWAK. Another Mitt booster talks big but doesn't back it up.
For a supposed frontrunner that finished 7th, you shouldn't really be casting stones about Ames.
Scared say scared.....dirt boy!
Hate to have to yet again remind the Hunter contingent of the obvious, but those credentials give Fred the charisma that Hunter is so lacking. The fact that you downplay them, while ignoring that Fred has won two statewide elections while Hunter has never won outside a safe Congressional District, shows just how poor your understanding of modern presidential politics is.
you’re on for $50
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” -Yoda
BWAK BWAK BWAK. Yeah, you talk big with your fifty-spot, then subsequently base the bet on a deadline no one has mentioned.
BWAK BWAK b-BWAAAK!
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