The Dems have alot of electoral strategies to use to win 2008:
- they can take Ohio
- or they can take NM+NV+CO (19 EVs), and with Richardson as VP, that’s a strong play for them
If we put up a candidate who has no chance to flip any Kerry states (Thompson for example) - we have to win Ohio, win either one of CO or NV, and hold Iowa too.
In fact, many conservatives have been kicked to the curb by the electorate, sometimes gleefully. The chronic inability of some conservatives to believe that the general electorate can look at them and come to (rational or irrational) conclusion that they suck is a serious problem.
HOLD Iowa?
And why not tell me where you got the crystal ball that says Thompson can’t win any Kerry states?
What candidate has a chance to pick up some blue States, if not Thompson?