How many times did we hear someone on FR say that Fred was their first choice but they wanted their vote to count for stopping someone else, or they just wanted to vote for the poll perceived winner?
I understand and feel all the disappointment. I wish he had stayed in as well. But to criticize him to this extent now makes us no better than the other half that dumped on him for stupid reasons last year.
The fair weather conservatives let him down. We can’t blame this on one the RINO’s.
Agreed on all points, but the point I have tried to make over and over here is that the “strategic voting” that you allude to was about to end. The field was narrowing with the imminent departure of Huckabee from effective campaigning, and also Giuliani was also about tobecome a non-factor.
By the way have you heard that the Louisiana caucus yesterday would have been overwhelmingly Thompson’s and put him no. 1 or 2 in delegate count? As it turned out he quit hours before the gatherings in Louisiana and they went uncommitted instead.
Great timing, eh?