The majority of the conservative base has lined up behind Fred Thompson. The liberals are terrified of him, which should only increase our esteem for Fred.
I don’t think the left considers Fred a threat. Otherwise Harpers would have written that article about Fred, not Romney. I think the Hollywood media wants to see Klinton vs Fred because it will make everyone a lot of money.
“We have seen something of a conservative leadership vacuum in the 20 years since Reagan.”
We’ve had GHWB, then Newt, and then GWB as our standard bearers, And other conservative leaders besides in media, political office, etc. This simply underestimates so many leaders, because they dont measure up to the ideal of Reagan (who was imperfect when he was in office but our fond memories gloss over the details).
” Messers Robertson, Brownback, and Weyrich are showing, by their poor judgment, why they were were never able to lead.”
Your opinion. but its wide of the mark. Their judgment differs from yours but that doesnt make them unable to lead.
“The majority of the conservative base has lined up behind Fred Thompson.”
This is simply untrue, in fact it is wishful thinking. Too many real conservatives are a bit underwhelmed by Thompson as a candidate. He may be the truer conservative, but he is not the strongest candidate in the eyes of many. And it is wishful thinking to assert otherwise.
Right now Rudy and Romney are the strong candidates, and even John McCain, whose campaign was DOA two months ago is now back at it. This return, and Huckabee’s rise, is a consequence of the let-down of the Thompson campaign, which could have changed the dynamic but in the end didnt. Thompson could have come in and stolen McCain’s base, but today Thompson is no higher against Rudy than he was in June.
“The liberals are terrified of him, which should only increase our esteem for Fred.” - the liberals are bashing everyone republican, including Rudy. Indeed Rudybots were using that as a reason to support Rudy. There is Romney-bashing, which is dutifully reported by FredHeads as proof of his flaws, not clued into the irony of doing the dirty work for the liberals by reposting on that score.