Well, I’d say Thompson is recovering from the attacks the left and right launched against him.
And Rudy is starting to falter because people are questioning if he really can win if pro-lifers and various other conservative constituencies refuse to support him.
i DO think the variables here are Huckabee and Romney. Romney is saying what some people want to hear. I don’t think he can win, but if people buy his rhetoric vs his record he can sipher off needed votes. then there is Huckabee who IS a social conservative. Unfortunately that’s ALL he is. But that could serve as enough of an attraction to segue voters to his side.
I still hold the opinion outside of Hunter who doesn’t even register in the polls, the only one with a record to bring the GOP’s base to the polls reasonably content is Thompson. Enough people won’t trust Romney, and Huckabee will alienate on the war, border, and small government.
actually, there is someone else but I despise him and don’t want to express my fears he could be a default candidate at the last minute due to infighting...especially with the GOP’s bases tendency to nominate people who’s “turn” it is..
I’d like to see a Thompson-Hunter ticket..
We'll have to see about Fred. I myself don't think he will do much in the primaries, and that he'll be out before 2/5/08 - but that's why they play the games. Maybe there really are Thompson voters out there - but I wouldn't bet on it.