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1 posted on 01/19/2008 6:31:29 PM PST by FocusNexus
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If he stays in he helps McCain by taking votes from Huck and Romney. What surprise.


2 posted on 01/19/2008 6:32:34 PM PST by Huck (Ok, I'll sneak in a few posts here and there and try to stay out of trouble.)
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To: FocusNexus

CNN and MSNBC were crushed.


3 posted on 01/19/2008 6:32:35 PM PST by REDWOOD99
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“What happened to Thompson? One word: Huckabee,” said Clemson University political science professor Dave Woodard. “He stole all his (Thompson’s) votes. As Huckabee began to rise, he got more money, more mailings, and the values voters who were going to Fred switched allegiances to Huckabee.”


4 posted on 01/19/2008 6:32:57 PM PST by FocusNexus
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I don’t think Fred knew he would get third at that point, so it sounded less forward looking.


5 posted on 01/19/2008 6:33:39 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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he should consider third party if necessary.


6 posted on 01/19/2008 6:34:30 PM PST by balch3
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It’s still a FRee country, He can damn well keep running as long as he sees fit and he has funds to do so.

I and many others would be greatly disappointed to not see him stick it out thru the Feb 5 Super Tuesday primaries.

At best, we are being offered swill and slop and being expected to accept it meekly and just move on.. Balderdash!


7 posted on 01/19/2008 6:34:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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So how long does Huckles stay in? He has few funds and if he can’t take S.C., what can he take?


9 posted on 01/19/2008 6:35:08 PM PST by inkling (exurbanleague.com)
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Do candidates generally drop out on election night?

If Fred does, it will be Monday.
10 posted on 01/19/2008 6:35:20 PM PST by elizabetty ("Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." .Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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FT sounds great, but doesn’t have the bonifides to back it up. Mitt/Fred (Fred to keep Mitt on the straight and narrow).


11 posted on 01/19/2008 6:35:49 PM PST by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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Gee. The tribune is brokenhearted that Fred didn't drop out. The msm is so worried about Fred that they can't wait until we only have phonies and rinos running.
18 posted on 01/19/2008 6:38:05 PM PST by ditto h
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Hunter is out, Thompson will soon join him.

We're screwed.

29 posted on 01/19/2008 6:43:28 PM PST by dragnet2
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It’s not over. Fred did well enough to stay in the race for the long term.

Nobody has a clear majority at this point, or looks as if they are about to get one.

I would agree with the statement that Huckabee was the guy who took votes from Fred.

Part of it was probably the dirty tricks—all those flyers and phone calls and messages saying that Fred was pro-abortion. Part of it was the naivite of the Evangelical voters and their preachers. I said earlier that this might happen. Eventually, they’ll figure Huckabee out, but in the meantime he is basically pretending to be exactly what Fred actually is, and thus robbing votes from him.

Huckabee can’t possibly win it, and I don’t think McCain can, either. But if the voters don’t wake up, it may have to be brokered at the convention. I think Fred would have an advantage there, because he would have fewer negatives than McCain or Huckabee. If people can’t have their first choice, after a number of ballots they’ll caucus and go for their agreed second choice.


39 posted on 01/19/2008 6:49:27 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Thompson addressed a ballroom in a college student union, an event that featured as many students enjoying free beer as it did hardcore Thompson supporters.

Time to fill up that pickup truck so college kids can drink more free beer!

43 posted on 01/19/2008 6:51:30 PM PST by Huck (Ok, I'll sneak in a few posts here and there and try to stay out of trouble.)
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"The campaign is still a campaign until it's not the campaign,"

Boy, that's inspiring. I hear the sounds of checkbooks closing with a snap.

58 posted on 01/19/2008 6:57:33 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: FocusNexus; Politicalmom; girlangler; KoRn; Shortstop7; Lunatic Fringe; Darnright; babygene; ...
STAND STRONG!

Ping!

74 posted on 01/19/2008 7:17:38 PM PST by jellybean (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=dailyfread Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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This does not look promising. It’s shaping up to be an election where we support the GOP nominee only because the Rodent nominee is so dangerous. Too bad.


75 posted on 01/19/2008 7:18:41 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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I’m sticking with Fred. I hope he stays with it. If he’s got the money, he might as well continue. Someone has to stay and fight for conservative principles and cause “the Republican Party to look in the mirror” as Fred said. I’d love to see him in the Florida debate holding the RINOs feet to the fire.


97 posted on 01/19/2008 7:36:12 PM PST by chickpundit (This chick's for Fred!)
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FRED Thompson will appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court in the mold of

John Roberts
Antonin Scalia
Joseph Alito
Clarence Thomas.

We need Thompson as PRESIDENT!


180 posted on 01/19/2008 8:33:38 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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I pray he stays in, he is the only one left that is a conservative. This is the most important election in my lifetime. If the rino's and dems get in the White House we might as well say goodbye to the America we know and love.

God bless Fred Thompson.

218 posted on 01/19/2008 11:06:00 PM PST by Brandie (Vote for a Conservative! NO to Rino's!)
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224 posted on 01/20/2008 12:08:19 AM PST by new cruelty
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