Offically Thompson and McCain aren’t tied. McCain is ahead by about 40 votes.
Got to wonder who these people voting for McCain are? Can the GOP Establishement be this stuipid? Shades of Dole and 1996!
McCain has no business being in this race. His campaign is broke. He has spent the last 8 years spitting i in the eye of the Conservative political base, Yet the GOP establishment expect Conservatives to show for McCain at the voting booth. You would think the GOP leadership would of learn the lesson of 2006.
Conservatives are not going to show and just vote against Hillary for the GOP. The GOP has to give them something to vote for in 2008. Past time the GOP Leadership wake the hell up. McCain would be a total repeat of Dole-1996. Just because a guy wore a uniform once upon a time and has been around the DC Old Boy’s club for decades does NOT qualify him to be President.
Not any more - Thompson is up 13,786 to 13,473 with 85% of precincts counted.
The impact of a handful of votes in Iowa is remarkable. A lot of people will try to dismiss Thompson if he winds up in fourth. That's more difficult to do if he's third.
Fred’s pulled back ahead of McCain by 300 votes.
IMHO, McCain is getting the “I like Fred Thompson, but he can’t win because the MSM says so vote”.
My sense is that the recent growth in McCain support is, to quite an extent, the support that Huckabee has lost over the last few weeks in the "Huckabust".
My take on that is that the recent growth in McCain support is, to quite an extent, the support that Huckabee has lost over the last few weeks in the "Huckabust".