[womanvet]

Thank you for that link. How can anyone, after hearing what FRed said, think he is going to withdraw, or even sillier, that he is in this campaign as a placeholder for someone who does not share our core principles?

We heard him - STAND STRONG! Stand strong for Fred Thompson. Stand strong for America!

[eastsider]

On blogsforfredthompson.com, there's a post entitled Fred's Speech to Reporters on Primary Day. It makes a rational case to fight on to a brokered convention, by ceding Florida and targetting instead those states where he can get the most delegates with what the finances he has. He explains how the various state contest apportion their delegates, and how directing campaign funds toward those states could keep any of the candidates from having enough delegates after Super Tuesday to receive the party's nomination outright.

As to strategy -- if I were Fred -- I would PUNT Florida. Yes, punt Florida. I would focus on Louisiana on Tuesday, and then focus on Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri, along with Tennessee, on Super Tuesday. If Fred goes into those states, he gets a 8 or 9 day head start on Huckabee, who I imagine will be going to Florida. The media markets are also cheaper in those states vs. Florida, allowing him to get more delegate bang for his buck.

It's a serious plan that deserves to serious consideration.