yes and no(in the case of running independent) but ya got me...
Posted on 11/15/2007 3:49:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson brushed off concerns Thursday about his single-digit showings in recent Iowa and New Hampshire polls, saying he expects a new television ad on immigration will help boost his numbers. "In the past, a lot of things have changed in the Iowa presidential elections - Howard Dean can tell you that," he said, referring to 2004 when Dean's third-place showing in Iowa derailed his campaign for the Democratic nomination.
"So you've just got to do what you do and keep at it and understand that the end of the day is all that counts," he said.
CBS/New York Times polls in Iowa and New Hampshire show Thompson at 9 and 5 percent for Republicans, respectively. Mitt Romney leads both states with 34 percent in New Hampshire and 27 percent in Iowa.
Thompson, who was in New York for a fundraiser and a closed town-hall meeting, said he expects his recently released television ad in Iowa to help sway voters in that crucial state. The ad stresses the need to secure U.S. borders and enforce immigration laws.
Illegal immigration has divided Republicans and remains a critical issue to many GOP voters. This past summer, Arizona Sen. John McCain supported legislation that would have strengthened border security and allowed for many illegal immigrants to become citizens. The leading GOP contenders, Romney and Rudy Giuliani, both opposed the legislation, which was backed by President Bush (website - news - bio) but failed in the Senate.
On Thursday, Thompson reiterated that the government should strip federal dollars from cities and states that don't report illegal immigrants, and he criticized Giuliani for "going to court to preserve sanctuary cities" while he was mayor of New York City.
Giuliani has defended New York's so-called sanctuary policy, which stopped city workers from reporting suspected illegal immigrants. He sued the federal government to keep his city's policy.
"If we will enforce the border, if we will stop inducements like sanctuary cities, and we will tell employers that they're going to have to obey the law too, then over a period of time, this situation will turn much to the good," Thompson said.
The former Tennessee senator tried to highlight other differences between himself and Giuliani, who has been a supporter of gun control and abortion. Thompson is opposed to both.
He also said the Romney campaign should stop "whining" about losing the National Right To Life Committee's endorsement to him. Thompson said he believed the endorsement would help at the polls.
Did anyone see his new commercial?
It was on FNC this morning.
yes and no(in the case of running independent) but ya got me...
Leave me alone.
DRINK!
And just how was he supposed to 'get' x42 on those abuses? They couldn't even get the Democrats to look at the evidence that was right in front of their faces on the impeachment charges! There was no way Fred could have gotten ANY traction on any case against him.
Comparing Fred with Reagan in this matter is ludicrous because Reagan, as President could call in the AG; Fred didn't have that option in the Senate.
longtermmemory said: “Did anyone see his new commercial?
It was on FNC this morning.”
Here it is:
http://www.fred08.com/FredCast/FredCastSummary.aspx
Dumbass Dumbass Dumbass Dumbass Dumbass Dumbass
I find it absolutely hilarious that we’re getting “Fred Can’t Win” posts from a DUNCAN HUNTER supporter.
He’s right that the polls will change. But for the wrong reasons.
The polls will change when the faux conservatives like the Huckster drop out after running out of cash.
Than conservatives can rally behind one candidate.
The Chairman of a Senate committee has no power if the other 99 Senators are not willing to get off the dime and do anything. Do you remember ANY desire on the part of the majority of the Senate to punish x42 for ANYTHING he did?
Oh man...
My poor liver...
The polls will change when the faux conservatives like the Huckster drop out after running out of cash.
Than conservatives can rally behind one candidate."
Even though Mike Huckabee seems to be gaining in the polls in Iowa, he hasn't got the cash-on-hand or staff to exploit his sudden media-driven popularity in South Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, etc., even if he upsets Mitt Romney and wins Iowa.
You’re right. Bush lost NH to McCain in 2000 and still won the presidency.
As far as Huckabee’s staff is concerned, he has dano, a one man wrecking crew spam monkey.
“Book him, Dano, for smoking and over-eating!!”
Fred wasn't 'trotted out' by anyone, and he is not presenting himself as the "Next Reagan", however many of his supporters DO see some similarities.
If YOU don't like his positions on the issues, or if you have someone you like better, that's fine. That's what the primary season is about, for candidates to try to win over supporters.
Fred doesn't want to go the HLA route because he knows that it is impossible to get it passed. He noted that even with a Republican Congress AND a Republican President, we couldn't even get it done. He's looking to actually DO something about the issue, not just talk about it.
I guess the NRLC looked over the landscape, saw the same problem they'd had for the last 35 years, and came to the same conclusion. They see, as Fred does, that with a Republican President willing to appoint Justices who would overturn Roe v Wade, it would allow the States to place restrictions on abortions, which they have not been able to do because of Roe.
*snort*
Because I believe the smart money would back Hunter and it is wishful thinking to hope that Fred’s polls will change. He had his chance and he squandered it, he should step aside and let the rock-ribbed conservative have access to the kind of resources he so cavalierly misused in his poor campaigning.
You post on a public forum you should expect to be responded to in public. If you want private responses, use Freepmail.
What do we expect him to say? Yes I suck and people are catching on. This is stupid for him to even say anything, but I guess it got him in the papers.
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