Fred’s make or break state is probably South Carolina.
How so? If Huckabee finishes in top 2 in Iowa, he will almost certainly place ahead of Thompson in SC.
Iowa is Fred’s make-or-break state in terms of beating Huckabee. Since it’s very very likely Thompson will be able to beat Huckabee in Iowa, I highly doubt a 3rd place finish will be able to save him.
I went to a straw poll in Aiken SC and the Ron Paul people were out in force...seemed to be the only people there. Fred came in second by only 2 votes......so what I think is that the Fred followers aren't as vocal as the Ron Paul followers. Go Fred