>>Not a week goes by without another two or three articles about how Romney can’t get the vote of conservatives, can’t get the vote of evangelicals, can’t get the vote of southerners. The media has drummed into the heads of republicans that Romney is unelectable.<<
I’ve read the same thing about Thompson. Tons of it.
Didn’t you read the big James Dobson hoopla? Get on the FredHead ping list and you’ll see.
Romney is a nice guy but they are really scared of Thompson.
The “James Dobson” hoopla was JAMES DOBSON saying negative things about Thompson, NOT a “made-up story by the media” trying to knock him down.
In fact, the mainstream media has focused a lot more on the evangelicals leaving the party, but they have said it was against Rudy more than Thompson (thus going against the idea — either the media is really attacking Rudy, or they believe that upsetting the evangelicals makes a republican more appealing to the general public).
I think people are confusing the attacks by conservative pundits with the mainstream media. Sure, conservatives have been saying bad things about Fred Thompson. But the New York Times, the Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, their coverage has been by and large positive. Heck, NBC gave Thompson FREE AIR TIME to announce his candidacy, on a high-rated entertainment show.
I’m betting the front page of the New York Times has had more negative stories about Romney than about Thompson, and more positive stories about Fred than about Mitt.
I love Fred.
In fact, I'm almost tempted to support Fred Thompson just because I would LOVE TO HAVE a US President named "Fred".
Would be the first Fred, would it not.
It is so American.
But alas, I truly believe Fred is too long of tooth, is too curmudgeon-ee (despite his Hollywood thing), and unfortunately, is suffering from that ailment which I cannot remember the name of at this exact moment.
Same goes for McCain, who at 73, suffers from various things -- not to mention a loose screw.
Guliani is young enough, but he would split the GOP wiiiiiiide open, thereby handing the world to sHrillery.
Which leaves Mitt Romney, who has virility, a quick witted intellect, a great campaign staff and structure, great business saavy, and a big campaign warchest.
Plus, Mitt Romney is attracting more and more support, this weekend in particular from the Values Voters evangelical crowd, which I hope seals the deal.
Sure a smaller and smaller percentage of Mormon haters will try and puff up their own numbers to make it look like an anti-Romney tidal wave.
But in the end, that's what it is ... puffery.
Romney is the most conservative and more important, ELECTIBLE, candidate the GOP has for '08.
“Romney is a nice guy but they are really scared of Thompson.”
I know I am, Thompson would be a disaster as president.