What if Thompson had gotten into the race in July instead of September? He wouldnt be facing this headwind. ..But, of course, it’s not clear he wants to be President as much as Guliani does.
Frankly,
I know a lot of folks here may not want to hear it, but Rudy’s got the support because frankly he’s the best candidate... Mitts crashing and buring, no one takes McCain seriously, Thompson is nothing more than a great white hope.... more projection than anything else.
Do his views on issues clash with the hard right? Yep, on aome issues they do... but whenever you see the entire field and look at them, he’s the only one who stands out. Thompson looks presidential, in terms of appearance, but he sounds like a hedgebetter whenever he has to actually face questions.. he’s good at spouting rhetoric to friendly crowds, but crashed and burned over a simple question about whether or not he advocated for abortion rights.
I would not sit here and say Rudy is the most exciting candidate I’ve ever seen, but of the lot of R’s out there today that have any shot of winning, he’s head and shoulders above the competition. Unless someone else steps up, or a new player shows up, its his to lose.
You never know with politics, but that’s how it looks today.
I wonder when Freepers will realize that our Pubs, no matter who, are better than the pacifist socialist Dem candidates? Fred is in a bit late and Rudy is doing well with many Pubs. Good. Perhaps when it all works out, we will end up with the team that will and can beat Her Highness. It will not be won with Paul, Tancredo or Hunter as good as Hunter is. That is just reality. It is now time for Pub voters in the primary states to finally, finally decide which guys really can win. I know Rudy and Fred can win. I don’t know if Mitt can but he is not a bad candidate. The others cannot. Period. If the Freepers who are ranting had actually ever worked in precinct politics as I have and many other posters here have, they would finally get off their high horse and unite to beat our real enemies, the Dems.