11-12-07 FR Poll Discussion: Who should pro-life conservatives rally for? Hunter? Romney? Thompson?

Free Republic ^ | Monday, November 12, 2007

[Momaw Nadon]

(11/12) Three way runoff: Which one of the following candidates should pro-life conservatives rally behind to defeat the liberal abortionists Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton?

(A) Duncan Hunter

(B) Mitt Romney

(C) Fred Thompson

[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[cripplecreek]

The consistent one.

[umgud]

I like Hunter best, but Thompson is OK and may have a better shot to win.

[mbraynard]

In fairness, McCain and Huckabee belong on the list. Both imperfect, but unquestionably pro-life.

I vote WILLARD!

[traditional1]

Thompson is electable, Hunter is not....a wasted vote in the Primary to place an un-electable candidate on the ballot only leads to a Hildabeast win.

[BeckB]

I like Duncan Hunter the best

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Fred

[Cyber Liberty]

Wait! Where's Ron Paul??

{ducking while laughing}

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Right behind you homeboy.

"I'm in ur primariez/spammin' yur threadz..."

[Jim Robinson]

They were.

They didn’t make the cut:

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=200;results=1

This is a runoff on the top three of the last poll.

[Jim Robinson]

Obnoxious Paul spam removed.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But pro-abortionist Romney makes the cut. Nice.

[Kevmo]

Before we get the Fred followers saying that Duncan isn’t electable and is not gaining traction, here’s the latest evidence.

Here’s a recent poll showing Hunter at 4%.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28889/republicans_2008_giuliani_28_thompson_19

Here’s an intrade link to the forum site discussing how Hunter might be gaining traction.
http://bb.intrade.com/intradeForum/posts/list/1797.page

Here’s one showing Fred at 6%, and discussing why.
http://bb.intrade.com/intradeForum/posts/list/1805.page

One thing prediction markets are better at — their only bias is whether someone can make money trading the futures contracts.

The Efficacy Of Prediction Markets
The Liberty Papers ^ | November 8, 2007 | Brad Warbiany
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922961/posts

Posted on 11/08/2007 12:21:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Fred has lost ~30 points at Intrade over the last few weeks, looks like it’s stabilizing at ~6%.

Thompson Tanking in Futures Markets (Intrade, IEM)
Intrade; Iowa Electronic Markets ^ | October 31, 2008

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919127/posts

[seekthetruth]

I’m with Fred, but hope for a Thompson/Hunter ticket.

[Jim Robinson]

Bet he doesn’t make this one.

[cripplecreek]

For clarification that’s a vote for Hunter.

[PAR35]

I’m punching the button for Fred at this point, but if his campaign doesn’t get traction, I’d settle for Mitt. Let’s face it. As I’ve said for 6 months, Hunter’s campaign is going nowhere.

[darkwing104]

I’m with Fred, but hope for a Thompson/Hunter ticket.

That the ticket I would love to see...

[Momaw Nadon]

Mitt Romney.

Here’s my reasoning:

I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to have Duncan Hunter as President of the United States, but I realistically don’t believe that he will get the Republican Nomination.

Fred Thompson would be great, but I think he entered the race too late and does not have the ability to overtake Rudy as the Republican frontrunner.

In order to prevent liberal Rudy from getting the Nomination, which would be a disaster to the Republican Party (even if he wins the Presidency), I would rally behind Mitt Romney. Mitt is conservative enough (barely), is best positioned in terms of funding, and will probably win in most states that have early Primaries, thus giving him the momentum to overtake Rudy for the Nomination

In short, it is my humble opinion that supporting Mitt Romney is the best chance of avoiding the disaster that would be a Rudy vs. Hillary General Election.