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According to Polls, Fred Thompson Foundering
Wash Post ^ | 11/13/07 | Chris Cillizza

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).

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008polls; axisofdesperation; chriscillizza; elections; flounder; fred; fredthompson; halibut; pissanthropy; postcardfromoblivion; thinningtheherd
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To: ari-freedom

I agree. There was some kind of Youtube debate between Hunter and Tancredo, so I would hope there’d be at least one for Hunter & Thompson. Those aren’t that expensive to put together.


381 posted on 11/13/2007 3:58:24 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Petronski

Round and round and round they go, where they stop...

Oh hell they don’t stop...

Today was a great day for our team...

Have fun sally (?)


382 posted on 11/13/2007 3:58:30 PM PST by ejonesie22 (Real voters in real voting booths will elect FDT.)
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To: ejonesie22

I think Betty likes the, uh, rhythm of the ride, so to speak.


383 posted on 11/13/2007 3:59:18 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

You can think of the price as a pile of gold or a cowflop too. Doesn’t make it shine or stink.
***But if you can make money from that pile of gold or cowlfop, then it really is interesting.


384 posted on 11/13/2007 3:59:36 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: montag813
My honest opinion was that he was speaking very definitively about “the” Holy Grail of politics... and with the media being like it is today, Fred was just being utterly clear and concise... about a subject most people tune out.

LLS

385 posted on 11/13/2007 3:59:41 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: ejonesie22

Toss the grenade, blame the other guy...
***Baloney


386 posted on 11/13/2007 4:00:03 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Petronski

I’ll bite. Fred is Christian. So is Hillary and Obama.


387 posted on 11/13/2007 4:00:17 PM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: ari-freedom
How precious.
388 posted on 11/13/2007 4:00:56 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: ejonesie22

There was no reason to even mention what you did, and your delayed response tells me a lot.
***You obviously didn’t read the context of what was written, nor the posts afterwards which went further into the context. The delay in response? I responded in the order that things appeared. I’m at work. You’re just fishing.


389 posted on 11/13/2007 4:01:36 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Petronski

I know the last thing ‘they’ want is Fred. But I’m still surprised by the volume of BS stories with tweaked headlines showing up around here. Guess we don’t pay much attention, he still leads every poll I saw on FR.


390 posted on 11/13/2007 4:02:42 PM PST by moehoward
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To: moehoward

It’s mostly the Romney Sleaze Machine, with a few postcards from oblivion thrown in out of sheer desperation.


391 posted on 11/13/2007 4:03:45 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: Petronski

The context of your original quote about Fred’s Christianity is not clear.
***Then read the thread. You go fetch. You’re the one who’s all upset over it.

Are you talking about Dobson’s quoted words about Fred, or your own beliefs?
***What difference does it make? I was talking about why Dobson didn’t endorse Hunter. Who cares whether I think Fred is a Christian or not? Fred certainly doesn’t care. You’ve made a huge mountain out of a molehill.

“Already answered, not going to bite” is two answers. Either you have an answer or not.
***Context. Read the original context. Read the explanatory context. Understand the point made. If the word “christian” is such a hot-button issue for you, use “unicorn admiration society” as I’ve suggested.


392 posted on 11/13/2007 4:05:12 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Kevmo

Why the hell should anyone go bump your lame attack thread?


393 posted on 11/13/2007 4:05:14 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (John Cox 2008: Because Duncan Hunter just isn't obscure enough for me!)
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To: Petronski

So I missed it, Betty. Repeat it for me.
***Nope. You go fetch.


394 posted on 11/13/2007 4:05:59 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: Petronski

Already answered, Betty.
***Ok, sorry about calling you Sally, Betty. I really did think your first name was Sally.


395 posted on 11/13/2007 4:06:51 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: brownsfan
Fred isn’t getting face time, nor is he showing passion when he does. He seems like he thinks it might be nice to be president. That won’t get it done.

Exactly. He just thought conservatives would be so fed up with Rudy McRomney, that all he'd have to do is just stand around and look pretty and he'll get the vote.

396 posted on 11/13/2007 4:07:01 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Rational Thought

Saying that Mitt is not pro-life is an outright lie.


397 posted on 11/13/2007 4:07:12 PM PST by rodeo-mamma
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To: Kevmo

That time of the month, Betty?

It would explain a lot.


398 posted on 11/13/2007 4:07:55 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: Kevmo

You haven’t the courage of your own convictions, Betty. That makes you a coward. You gave an answer but you fear repeating it.

Pitiful.


399 posted on 11/13/2007 4:09:18 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Why the hell should anyone go bump your lame attack thread?
***It’s not my thread. And, several months ago I had asked the Fred supporters if we could have a Fred vs. Hunter thread with some ground rules where we would all be polite to each other, and not just on that one thread. No takers.


400 posted on 11/13/2007 4:10:30 PM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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