[ejonesie22]

Actually while I am very hopeful and feel good about his chance, the more I see and hear out there the more I realize that Iowa and the other early sates may not matter in the long run for FDT.

He has support to sustain for some time from several quarters and he is in for the southern states and just got his paper work in for Texas, not a sign of a man leaving the field.

There are several forces at work here and Fred is being put in a place to capitalize on the outcome. This may well come down to the Convention.

BTW on backing McCain, not going to happen because McCain is not going to happen no matter his results. The GOP will see to it, they will not take the risk in the general that he will lose it, and also not take the responsibility of his presence in the White House.

[Mensius]

Actually while I am very hopeful and feel good about his chance, the more I see and hear out there the more I realize that Iowa and the other early sates may not matter in the long run for FDT.

I figure if he even gets fourth in IA, he could spend the next week and a half focusing on SC and win that. Huckabee will implode by then and Romney's dog won't hunt down there, no matter what size check he writes.

[visualops]

thank you for your post.
I have been thinking it would be foolish to give up so early regardless of how he does in IA. IA means little in the long run.