I don't know where you are from but I am guessing it "ain't from around here" (meaning the South)
McCain is toast down here, the 25% he is getting in the polls in SC is his HIGH WATER mark. That is the highest he will get anywhere - SC, Ala, Ga, Miss, NC, Tenn, La, TX.
He IS NOT A THREAT to Fred down here, and DOWN HERE is where Fred's strategy is. Fred doesn't car about Mich, minn, wisc, ohio yada yada yada.
If Mitt needs McCain taken out up north - he needs to DO IT HIMSELF.
Fred HAS to win the South, and to do that he has to TAKE OUT HUCKABEE!
That is Fred's priority - take out Huckabee and Fred sweeps the South and is in position to win the nomination.
Agree..
McCain’s internals in the South Carolina Rasmussen poll are very weak.
Huckabee is the main opponent of Fred. Fred’s gotta beat Huckabee in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia..
Guy, I know and understand what you are saying. But . . . it’s the wrong perspective. The Southern Strategy Doesn’t Win Enough Delegates. This is not the general election. It’s not WTA Electoral Votes.
And showing up at the convention with 200 delegates vs 800 delegates isn’t going to get you annointed. Thompson vs McCain in the south is not the issue. Thompson vs McCain in America is the issue, and because of an enormous mistake in Texas decision making, NY, NJ, Illinois and California are going to tell the tale this year — not the South. Not Texas. Not Alabama. Not the rest of the south. The north and west are going to define momentum.
This is not the yesteryear of smoke filled rooms. This is 2008 where campaigns cost 750 million dollars end to end. There is no way in hell the donors to the 800 delegate candidate are going to tolerate an attempt to annoint the 200 delegate guy. It’s not going to happen.
Thompson has to attack McCain in South Carolina and wherever else he is. He trails both McCain and Huckabee there. Why attack only one, unless there is a special plan the voters need not know about.