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Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:47:17 +0000

[...] In short, the pundits were writing Thompsons obituary before he ever got in and then once running, discovered that there really wasnt much to write or talk about. … In the two days since the GOP debate, Fred Thompson has been drawing enthusiastic, overflow crowds all over South Carolina….Those good citizens, if pressed, would not be able to tell you why it was too late for Thompson. … You get ahead by being one step ahead of everybody else in analyzing what will happen tomorrow. In that sense, obituaries are a natural…. source: TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE?, Right Wing Nut House [...]

By: Mike M

Mike M — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:56:26 +0000

Fred is a good guy-says the right things. But one point: If he couldn’t get his campaign organized, what are the chances he will be a good executive as President? He took a couple extra months to get going and still came out of the box like a stone. Of the major Republican candidates, it seems to me he also has the weakest record. He was, I think, a two term Senator. That puts him somewhere between Obama and Hillary in terms of experience-and I think their experience is lame. No executive experience. He was a lobbyist, pretty typical for a former Senator. So I don’t see how that sort of experience compares to Romney for example. Some of the things people are impressed about regarding Fred, like some of his policy papers, these are the sorts of things that Fred puts together with staff. I’m not sure they really prove anything about his abilities.

Good guy though. He might make a good vice president. He’s very Chaney like. Very competent guy. Tough. Maybe too much of a thinker in this sound bite culture. Look Mitt is my guy and he suffers from some of the same problems. The press and the voters are impressed by Huckabee’s one liners, not Mitt’s paragraph long responses. But most people were more impressed when Fred refused to raise his hand in response to a global warming question-he wanted time to make his case. Mitt is unfairly dismissed as a flip-flopper, or here as an interloper? How is he an interloper? Do you mean he isn’t a career politician He’s the only one of the major guys to have had a real job outside of politics. Sorry, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature. I’m sick of these career politicians-McCain.

You make some great points about the press and their ridiculous prognostications and herd mentality. We have lost so much respect for some of them. Like Bill Kristol who was saying Mitt was done if he didn’t win New Hampshire. Yup, Mitt might have peaked too early and Fred might be peaking too late. But don’t tell us that we have to give up on these guys.

Romney-Thompson? Announce after South Carolina, but before Super Tuesday?

By: Juan Paxety

Juan Paxety — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:01:03 +0000

Always remember that most folks in the media have received degrees from mid-level colleges - degrees that have no requirements for math, science, philosophy or any other discipline that requires thinking. Reporters, particularly TV reporters, spend long hours on one story and, as a result, never see the big picture.

While reporters, producers and anchors believe to a man that they are smarter than their viewers, they seldom are. I’ve watched it from 23-years in one form of media or another. Conventional Wisdom is just another way of saying they adopt a position to be popular in their circle.

Fred has clearly intended to run a campaign that ramps up later than the other candidates - that gave the others a chance to burn themselves out. He’s the only one in either party I’d consider.

By: maggie in indiana

maggie in indiana — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:07:11 +0000

Well said and I commend you for holding back those cheers but we would have understood.I’m a dyed in the wool Fredhead!

By: macblanegirl

macblanegirl — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:03:07 +0000

I believe you are better than you think at being objective about Fred. I remember not long ago, you gave a smack-down to one of the more “paul like” Fred supporters, I think on red-state. You were not trying to be negative as they suggested, but just realistic. So, if you are enthused about what you are seeing in SC, this is good news indeed.

By: cheeseball

cheeseball — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:41:33 +0000

I’ve had a Fred Thompson bumper sticker on my car since June. He is the only true conservative running (Duncan Hunter, my apologies to you, but you just don’t stand a chance) that sounds like a Reagan Republican. I have been waiting for the real Fred to show up at one of these debates and speak his mind. He finally did.

Go Fred!

By: zeke

zeke — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:38:30 +0000

I like Fred, but he’s still toast. Keep spinnin’, it won’t be long now.

By: Earnie Bliss

Earnie Bliss — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:10:09 +0000

Rick,

I too am struggling to be dispassionate about my analysis. I would offer that you read the next link (to the right) on the Fred08.com website. It will show positive responses to the recent endorsement.