Posted on 01/20/2008 6:57:25 AM PST by skully
Fred Thompson's distant third in last night's South Carolina primary, has me re-thinking my support. I say this with disappointment, " I don't think Fred can win the nomination". Part of me wants to support him to the bitter end. Another part feels that in doing so I may only be helping McCain or Huckabee; my least 2 favorite candidates. I live in a Super Tuesday state, and my vote may actually matter this cycle, so I want to use it wisely. The only other candidates who seems like they can stop McCain or Huckabee is Romney or Rudy. If McCain wins in Florida, then he's in good shape to be the nominee. Polling analysis, done before Nevada and South Carolina primary; has him in the lead in Florida at around 23% about a 2 point lead over Rudy whose at 21-22%. Romney is around 18%, Hucakabee 15%, Fred 7%, and Paul 5%. Florida is a winner take all state, so whoever wins will have solid delegate count. Romney has the most delegate at this point, counts vary from source to source, but I put him at 72 to McCain's 38. So a win from Romney in Florida would give him a solid lead going into Super Tuesday. A win by Rudy would knock McCain into 3rd in the delegate count. So my quandry is do I continue to support Fred, or put my support behind a candidate who has a better chance of stopping McCain. In the end I will vote for the GOP nominee regardless. This is only because the troops are deployed, and they don't deserve a Commander-In-Chief from the party that tried to lose the war for them. So the primary is where my vote counts the most, and I want to put the "best man possible" for the job on the ticket. Unfortunately it dosen't look like the "best man" for the job will be at the top of that ticket, but there's is another spot on that ticket. Hey it might be wishful thinking, but what's a Fredhead to do??
Write him in for Pres in Nov and until then, put all your time and effort into electing a Conservative Republican Congress to control which ever big Govt Neo Socialist gets elected President in Nov 2008
VP chosen by the nominee, not by the primary voters.
This Fredhead is about ready to scream! What’s up with our fellow Republicans? Huckleberry & McLaime are frickin RINO’s!
A vote for Rudy is a slap in the face to values voters. A vote for Huck will lose in November. Fred has never won a primary and is not going to. The compromise is?
I know that, my point was there some hope in could get picked for that slot. McCain and him are friends, and Romney or Rudy would be smart to pick him also.
My vote would be for Rudy, as you said, if McCain wins Florida this is over. At least with Rudy winning his first primary the race is still up for grabs. If that happens it is down to Rudy vs Mitt, if Mitt wins it is down to Mitt vs McCain. If you don’t want McCain, only a Rudy win in Florida does that.
Hi skully. Know how ya feel. I was Fred supporter until last night. He needs to get out now. Staying in only helps McCain. McCain had no biz winning SC. The combined votes of Huck, Thompson and Mitt gave him the victory. It’ll just keep happening like that and before ya know it McCain will win nomination. Huck will run out of evangelicals shortly leaving us McCain, Guliani and Romney. I’ll take Romney over the other two.
If you have not done so, kick in some $$ to the Freepathon so we're still around regardless of how this mess turns out.
Back Romney all the way from this point on.
I came to that same conclusion Tuesdsay, here in Michigan.
I am embarassed to tell you what I did.
Voting for just the lesser of 2 evils, and a contest that only the Drive-bys want turns me off politically. I'm 62 years old, and this may turn into the first election where I may not show up at the polls in November.
I think you answered your own question, by who you didn’t rule out ...
Like another poster claimed, it is like trying to choose diarrhea over vomiting.
All I’ll say is Fred is my first choice. Romney is my second. If it’s close I’d pick the one who can defeat the rest.
Sad to say but you may as well continue to support him. I don’t think its going to matter in the end anyway. The GOP has lost its mind and is fast losing its base. I’m considering supporting him but I don’t believe conservatives are welcome in the GOP anymore.
Plenty of time for the others to trip over their tongues...
When you do the algebra, the answer to the equation is Romney. He is the most conservative ELECTABLE candidate in the race. He is the only one who can defeat Giuliani and McCain. No, he doesn't have a perfect conservative record, but you take what you can get and run with it. I hope that Free Republic can do some quick maturing and come to that realization too as time is VERY short and we ALL need to get behind Romney or we'll end up with either Giuliani or McCain and I don't think there's very many of us who can support either of them.
>>Voting for just the lesser of 2 evils, and a contest that only the Drive-bys want turns me off politically. I’m 62 years old, and this may turn into the first election where I may not show up at the polls in November.<<
I’m 47, me too.
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