Posted on 11/13/2007 11:13:48 AM PST by pissant
The American electorate is a fickle mistress. Just ask former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.).
When Thompson announced his candidacy for president just after Labor Day most national polls showed him running a close second behind former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the majority of state polls had him in the top three.
No longer. Thompson's campaign has yet to take off as expected and voters -- especially in crucial early states like Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida.
The most recent data comes from New Hampshire where two surveys were released over the weekend. The first, conducted by theUniversity of New Hampshire for the Boston Globe, put Thompson in sixth (yes, SIXTH) place with just three percent of the vote. (Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney led the way with 32 percent.) In a Marist University poll Thompson again took sixth place with just five percent support. To be clear, Thompson was never a frontrunner in New Hampshire but polls conducted in the run-up to his announcement and just after he formally entered the race show him regularly polling in double digits.
Thompson's shrinking support is apparent in other early states as well. The last three polls taken in Iowa put Thompson in fourth, fifth and fourth place, respectively, and his high water mark in any of those surveys is 11 percent. In Florida, too, Thompson appears to be fading. A new poll conducted for the Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times showed Thompson in fifth place (eight percent) behind Giuliani (36 percent), Romney (19 percent), Arizona Sen. John McCain (12 percent) and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (nine percent).
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That’s a huge gigantic rationalization of the conflation and misdirection you’ve attempted on Free Republic all week.
***You just posted that the stuff from Intrade IS DATA. Call me on it all you want. I think the Intrade results are fascinating and people are starting to notice. Thanks.
Meanwhile,Do you personally believe Fred Thompson is not a Christian?
***Answered already, not biting at the bait.
That’s not an order, it’s good advice to the honest.
***Then state it as advice. And answer my questions. You make such a big deal out of one statement, and you don’t answer my stuff. Take your own advice to be honest.
Hunter Duncan will not get the GOP nomination in 2008.
***I guess we’ll just buy our crystal balls from you from now on, since you know the future.
Meanwhile: Is that your opinion? Fred is not a Christian?
***Already answered, not going to bite. Look at the context of what I wrote and the point I was making.
ah so what you are saying is, don’t support fred because of polls, support the one you think is the best conservative.
***As much as we can. That’s part of what the primaries are for, to ferret out good men who would otherwise not have a chance at the process due to all the kingmakers and money men.
he’s against free trade with columbia and other countries in latin america we need to support vs FARC and Hugo Chavez
If you feel powerful enough to denounce another man’s faith, another man’s Christianity, without every having met him (have you met Fred Thompson and discussed his faith with him?), I have no use for you.
***Oh, good for you. Because that’s not what I did.
The way I was raised, I focus on pulling the beam from my own eye rather than reading press clippings and saying with Body Snatcher finger pointed “NOT A CHRISTIAN! NOT A CHRISTIAN!”
***Read through the context. You have a hot button on the word Christian. Think of it as an endorsement from some bigwig unicorn admirers and Fred the candidate didn’t get that endorsement and I was pointing out that it’s probably because the bigwig unicorn admirers didn’t think that he liked unicorns.
Who is Sally?
***I thought your first name was Sally, from some previous thread. Sorry if I got that wrong.
Contradictory statements. What is YOUR ANSWER?
Why is it so hard about this? Just say "I have no idea if he's a Christian" or "of course he is" or "no he's not" or your own answer.
Suddenly the opponents of Fred refuse to state their own beliefs. It's all very strange and shameful.
What are you talking about?
Is Fred Thompson a Christian, in your opinion?
***Already answered. Not biting today.
Right.
he’s against free trade with columbia and other countries in latin america we need to support vs FARC and Hugo Chavez
***That doesn’t register all that high on my care-o-meter. For me, the Columbia issues are all overshadowed by drugs and druglords and how it funds the WOT.
I want to see a real debate between Fred and Hunter. Nobody can say anymore that fred has the most charisma. He has to win on the issues and ideas.
You can think of the price as a pile of gold or a cowflop too.
Doesn’t make it shine or stink.
Toss the grenade, blame the other guy...
Got it...
There was no reason to even mention what you did, and your delayed response tells me a lot.
"Already answered, not going to bite" is two answers. Either you have an answer or not.
Contradictory statements. What is YOUR ANSWER?
***I already answered.
Why is it so hard about this? Just say “I have no idea if he’s a Christian” or “of course he is” or “no he’s not” or your own answer.
***You just want to fight. You think I said something that you want to go after, and when I view the context of what I said it was not that controversial.
Suddenly the opponents of Fred refuse to state their own beliefs. It’s all very strange and shameful.
***I am not an opponent of Fred. I will vote for him if he gets nominated. However, I will not support him, I’m supporting Duncan Hunter, the best conservative in the race. Nothing strange nor shameful about it.
So I missed it, Betty. Repeat it for me.
Right.
***Right, as in Sally IS your first name, or Right, as in “yeah right” with sarcasm tag, or Right-something-else?
Already answered, Betty.
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