Posted on 09/25/2007 8:29:52 PM PDT by chaos_5
Read a poll recently were something around 27% of registered Republicans don't know his name.
At this point in the game this can only be a good thing in my opinion and once these folks put name and face together Fred's numbers will only go up.
And even then only if Fred can pull the party back together after the bitterness that RINO Rudy has engendered between opposing factions of the party by going after the GOP nomination at a time when a strong conservative GOP nominee is so desperately needed to keep Hillary out of the White House.
I don't consider FL to be a southern state anymore, and it hasn't been since the 1960s at the latest. But if we lose it after winning it the last two times, it's 15,000,000 plus population could easily be the deciding factor in the election all by itself even if the entire south goes Republican. But I believe that Fred will be more appealing to the millions of retirees in FL than the shrill harpy Hillary will. Rudy might possibly run as strong as Fred in FL because of it's many NY and NJ retirees living in the heavily populated Miami-Dade-Broward metro area, but Republicans can't afford to take that chance IMHO.
I don’t think Santorum would help win Pa. He’s lost a lot of credibility around here over the past few years, for a number of different reasons (including his backing of Specter over Toomey, shennanigans with his supposed family home in a Pittsburgh suburb, etc.)
I think if the GOP wins here, it will be because of guns (Pennsylvania has a huge population of gun owners). It’s hard to say, though — Rendell will make sure the dead and living turn out in Philly, and ‘toon pal Ron Burkle is newly popular in Western PA because he kept the Pittsburgh Penguins in town. Who knows if that will make a difference...
I can’t see anyone in Tennessee voting Hillary over
a garbage can.
What am I missing? Is she that popular?”
You miss nothing, except that early polls invariably have a Dem-friendly bias due to media bias that hides the liberalism of the candidates... hence the unqualified liberal Obama does better than hillary and beats all the GOP candidates. This will not last...
The GOP will do okay so long as we have a good standard bearer who runs as a conservative (it aint Rudy).
It’s almost a pity that Hillary will win the Dem nomination. The GOP will have a tough, ugly, bitter battle against her. Against Obama, he would almost defeat himself with his naive and unqualified ways.
P.S. I may be coming to Pittsburgh next month. Perhaps we could arrange a FRedHead/Pittsburgher rally.
The Northeast, Midwest, West, Mountain States, and Southwest arent a lock either without a good candidate.
“Hillary could make considerable inroads if a lot of conservatives don’t turn out to vote.”
Hillary will win if she gets 51% of the vote. If we lose conservative votes, she win. If we lose moderate votes, she wins.
The last election voter breakdown was
conservative 31%
moderate 49%
liberal 20%
If you win 9 of 10 conservatives, you still need half of moderates for a victory for Republicans. The candidate doesn’t have to be moderate, but some of the supporters need to be to win the race.
That doesn’t mean we should nominate Rudy, but that explains at least the thinking some of his tactical supporters are using to conclude a moderate Rudy might be more electable.
I don’t buy it. A GOOD CANDIDATE is the most electable.
Ideology frankly is just one factor in electability; Reagan proved that conservatives arent unelectable for sure, but plenty of conservative defeats should warn us that its no sure ticket either.
Strong, principled, able to articulate, good executive skills, experienced, friendly/easy-to-like; these are the ‘good candidate’ factors. get the candidate with those factors and the acceptable vision/position and you have a winner.
” ... without a conservative Southerner on the ticket, we might lose some Southern/border states, which we cannot afford!”
Romney/Thompson
.. or Thompson/Romney.
Flip a coin. Regional balance.
I wouldn’t mind Hunter/Thompson, we’d get the gonzo journalist vote too. :-)
“However I think those things can be overcome if Pat Toomey endorsed a Fred/Santorum ticket.”
Pat Toomey endorsed Santorum back in 2006, why didnt the base listen then?!?!
Grrr. I’m so upset people got gulled by some bogus issues and let empty suit liberal casey walk into the senate.
Fred Thompson/J.C. Watts or Fred Thompson/John Bolton.
https://www.fred08.com/contribute.aspx?RefererID=c637caaa-315c-4b4c-9967-08d864cd0791
What possible difference does that make if RINO Rudy can't hold the South or states like Colorado or Iowa?
A Republican nominee needs Southern conservatives (Reagan Democrats) and Catholic pro-lifers to win the nomination. Both groups are need for the GOP to win back Congress. Giuliani drives away both of those groups of voters.
Giuliani would lose two southern states at least for every blue state he won, assuming he can even win any of those.
I’d rather a democrat screw up the country than a RINO...
Fred Thompson is the only candidate that gets it. He makes decisions based on principles. Principles don’t change. You have to stand for something and not change who you are based on the polls. That is what Mitt and Rudy have done and all of the Dems do it. Give me a leader that will stand by his principals anyday versus someone that stands for everything.
Which is a very short distanace from Tenn.!
Arkansas is extremley wishy washey. Ya just never know which way they will vote.
Please not the Star Wars Shtick...
There is no way Tennesseans would pick Clinton over Giuliani in a 2-way race.
Probably the most democrat-leaning of all the Southern & border states.
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