Free Republic

This may come as a surprise to some. An overwhelming number of Republicans in the recent South Carolina primary wanted action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, according to a report by the radio program Living on Earth. This program gives an interesting perspective on what the various Republican candidates think about climate change. For example, Rudy Giuliani says it's real -- but Fred Thompson has mocked the whole idea. When Mike Huckabee was "asked directly if he believes humans caused global warming, Huckabee said that while he is 'not a scientist,' he thinks 'we ought to act as if that...

I spoke to one of my Thompson sources. He's still with his ailing mother. "He's just being a good son." He has not spoken to any other campaign or any other candidates, nor does he intend to at this time. He will not endorse, I am told by this source close to Thompson. I am also told, "he has no interest in a vice presidency or a cabinet position." At an "appropriate time" he will outline his plans for the near future. This source believes that the race has demonstrated that whatever happens from here on out, the GOP has...

Dear Sen. Thompson: I don't know if this letter will find its way to you, swamped as your headquarters and website are with the thousands of calls, letters and e-mails urging you to stay in the race. Sir, I know you got into this race in the first place because of your concern for the condition of this nation and the world in which your children and grandchildren will grow up. I also know that you were concerned that none of the candidates at the time you made your decision to join the fray were talking about the issues which...

Goodbye Fred By Salena Zito MANCHESTER (NH) -- Fred Thompson spent most of caucus night in Iowa hovering between third and fourth place -- a far cry from the lofty first-place position he held in Rasmussen's poll of likely Republican caucus-goers last June. It has been a long time since Thompson has made a compelling reason to be in this race. And it should be a very short time before he confesses a compelling reason to exit stage right. A bystander in his own race, Thompson's political what-could-have-been slipped through his fingers long before he announced his candidacy. "The process...

(Las Vegas, NV) -- Save the laughs, we need to talk politics. Last summer, we cast and predicted a Romney-Thompson ticket. Later, as Mike Huckabee stepped up and became the Evangelical vote, and Fred Thompson never seemed to launch into the campaign, we recast our prediction of a ticket as being Romney-Huckabee. At the time, it made clear sense that Romney would win the north and Huckabee would then deliver the south. Together, this ticket would have been dynamic and very tough to beat. Then Huckabee got an attitude and an ego and surrounded himself with people who told him...

This is a vanity thread for Fred supporters. If you want to be cute and clever, and post something derogatory or pro-another candidate, it is a free country. I can ignore as well as the next guy, I suppose. Question for Fred supporters: Do you think if Fred could raise $15 million by Friday he would stay in the race?

From: Gabrielle S. Avedian on behalf of Friends of Fred Thompson < Gabrielle.Avedian> Date: Jan 21, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: URGENT: Email campaign for Fred! To: “Gabrielle S. Avedian on behalf of Friends of Fred Thompson” < Gabrielle.Avedian> Hey all, First, I want to thank each and every one of you for the fantastic job of calling you’ve been doing to South Carolina all week. It has been a long, hard week and I know you have really sacrificed for this campaign. I truly appreciate all you’ve done and I know Fred and Jeri appreciate it also. BECAUSE OF YOU,...

Fred Thompson's political career might very well be over tomorrow. If so, take this post as a postmortem of his candidacy. It is obvious that Senator Thompson has squandered a great deal of good will during the interminable run up to the announcement of his candidacy and his less than stellar performance in the period September through mid-December. The easy analysis is that Thompson was lazy but I don't think it was laziness. I think it was a misguided attempt to run an issues oriented campaign. Thompson's Socratic style of addressing those early crowds was a good way to discuss...

Fred Thompson is noticably absent from the campaign trail this week. After finishing third in the South Carolina primary over the weekend... Many wonder if he may drop out of the race before Tennessee and Georgia vote. But Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman Robin Smith says his Carolina finish still gives Thompson prominence, and he shouldn't be ruled out just yet. Smith says, "I think people are starting to ask the question, 'Is he a viable candidate?' I think that's the big question, and we'll have to wait for a couple more days I'm sure." Smith says the deciding factor will...

Warning! George Soros, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, John Edwards, Medea Benjamin, and all the leftist liberals and their water-carrying shills including George Stephanopolous, Keith Olbermann, Katie Couric, etc. DO NOT approve the following: Fred Thompson in Trouble: Are All Other Republicans as Well? By JB Williams January 21, 2008 Fred Thompson was drafted by the conservative base of the Republican Party for two very simple reasons. One, the Republican National Committee offered no other viable conservative choice and two, only a true traditional conservative can challenge today's Democratic Socialists. Thompson was not planning on running for an...

Were you a net tax increaser?" "We built roads," it's a deflection. Look, I say this because the best we can do here, folks, is to try to measure the candidate's record and recent comments, and you have to judge whether what they're saying today is expedient or serious. Let's take abortion, for example, shall we? Romney was pro-abortion. He now says he was wrong. Says he was for it when he ran for governor. But he talks about the moment he changed his mind and why he changed his mind. He doesn't claim to have been "misunderstood." He doesn't...

As has been reported elsewhere today, Fred Thompson's mother is gravely ill right now. Our prayers ought to be with Sen. Thompson, his mother, his wife, and their family. This must be a very difficult time for them. All of this political stuff is of only secondary importance right now. That said, here is what I would do, politically, if I were Thompson: I would just lay low. Just wait. See what happens in Louisiana's caucuses tomorrow. See what happens in Florida next week. See who drops out of the race at some point. And then consider reviving my campaign,...

Keystone state may be vital to candidates By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, January 21, 2008 Staff writer Salena Zito contributed to this story. Pennsylvania's April 22 presidential primary, usually written off as meaningless, could mean everything this year. If no clear front-runners emerge in either party after Super Tuesday on Feb. 5 and another flurry of primaries through March, the Pennsylvania primary would become a key battleground. It's the only primary in April and the last big prize before the Democratic and Republican conventions.

Attention Fredheads! I don't know if this is permitted and hope it is ok. I just got a call from the County Chairman of the Thompson Campaign here in Jackson Co WV. There is a grassroots effort going on even as we speak to flood Fred with emails encouraging him to stay in the race. If you have decided that he should drop out fine. But if you are like me and think that he should hang in there please stop what you are doing and send an email. The email is going to a member of the California Thompson...

MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- While Senator Fred Thompson is attending to his mother in Tennessee, many in Jesusland are still working hard for Fred, according to David Jeffers, author of Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland. "Many Floridian evangelicals, especially in the Panhandle, are still on fire to bring Fred a Florida victory." Jeffers says while much speculation swirls inside the media bubble on Thompson remaining in the race, the author will be busy all week making phone calls for Fred. "I want Florida values voters to know that Fred not only supports the all-important social issues...

I don't know anyone who doesn't like Fred Thompson (other than trolls, whose opinions never count), and the reason I've seen Republican primary voters give for not voting for Fred Thompson is that he didn't come to their state and do a silly little monkey dance to prove how much he wanted to be president. This makes these people to dumb to live. Reportedly, Fred Thompson will have an announcement tomorrow about his further plans, and I think he should stay in the race. Otherwise, what's our option? To throw our half-hearted support behind Romney? We might as well have...

Mike Huckabee tried his best to expand beyond his evangelical base in South Carolina and appeal to what his campaign called "Joe Six Pack" voters. Mr. Huckabee was the only candidate to pander to devotees of the Confederate flag, telling crowds that outsiders should leave the banner flag, now displayed in a corner of the grounds of the state capitol, alone: "If somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell 'em what to do with the pole, that's what we'd do." Contrast that with the comments of Mr. Huckabee's fellow Southerner Fred Thompson:...

As if the week were not bad enough, now comes news that Fred Thompson is at his 90 year-old mother's bedside, as she fights off pneumonia. I rather suspect that politics is the last thing on his mind at the moment. So let me do the thinking for him. All the experts are telling him it's time to get out. The pragmatists and the realists are saying he's fought the good fight, but now the party needs to begin the process of unifying around one of the remaining candidates. They, for the most part, like what Fred had to say...

Patrick Ruffini is polling Fred Thompson supporters, asking who we’ll support if Fred drops out. It’s an awful prospect. Each of the other four is deeply flawed (although none quite so badly as Ron Paul). Blogger William Sjostrom recently took me to task for having a “take my ball and go home approach”: I am tired of the approach that says some candidates just upset me and so I would rather stay home and be virtuous than face up to real choices. Fair enough. Mason Colley quipped that “Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness.” The GOP is broken. Badly. As I’ve...

Fred had a disappointing third place in South Carolina after putting a lot of effort, time, energy, and money into it. The MSM and most pundits have written him off. Most think he will quit and endorse McCain. Others hope for Romney, and are hoping he will accept a deal for VP. Meanwhile, Fred hasn't said anything about giving up. He fought as the "consistent conservative" in the race, and if he quits who will the true conservatives rally behind? They will split, and whoever they get behind it will be with much less passion. The irony is….the candidate who...