Just to be clear, he said the prediction that he would drop out after Iowa and endorse McCain were false.
He has not promised that he would never drop out, and he has not promised he would not endorse McCain if he did drop out.
I wouldn’t want him to end up endorsing McCain and have people say he lied to us. I have not seen any statements from Thompson that would preclude him endorsing McCain if Thompson cannot win the nomination himself.
I’m not saying he WOULD, or he WOULDN’T. I’m saying he hasn’t promised not to.
So what if he did? I don't know anyone personally that would follow his lead and support McCain. I'm a Fred supporter and I know I wouldn't.
Fred is not going to win S.Carolina; he’s too far back in the polls. If I lived there, I would surely vote for him, but the “handwriting is on the wall”. He’s going to be at least third in this primary and I don’t think he can hold on much longer. Rush is not going to endorse him or anyone else as choosing someone would lose him listeners; Rush is in the radio business and he won’t sacrifice listeners; his livelihood is first with him and this is not a criticism of that; it’s just the way it has to be.
Romney is the best choice and Tancredo believes that, too. Romney can win against Clinton or Obama. Vice-Presidents are chosen to ensure getting the electoral votes from that state so that usually means the VP will come from a state with many electoral votes. Regardless of that, I’d like to see him choose Duncan Hunter.
Gov. Rick Perry endorsed Giuliani early on, which I think was a plea for Giuliani to choose him as VP. Perry has a book coming out in February to promote him as an ultimate conservative and I think that is also to get him on the VP list.