Hunter's campaign isn't sucking the oxygen out of Thompson, it's just plain sucking. Hunter should've put everything into having a good showing in the Ames straw poll, and instead he put in no effort then until a week beforehand. I've heard from a couple of sources that folks working with the campaign BEGGED him to aim for Ames, and when he didn't, they left him.
The fact that Hunter is still running (if you can call it that) tells me that the guy is in it for some reason other than becoming president. I want to believe that much because, if he is still in it to win it, it's a sad commentary on his grasp of reality.
2nd spot, maybe?
I don’t know.
What I do know is the ugliness on these threads is just downright awful. I just don’t understand why some people can not express disagreement with others without resorting to being downright nasty.