Rick Moran over at Pajamas Media discussing what went wrong with Fred Thompson’s campaign, as if it’s a post mortem. it’s a worthy read, which I commend to you.
Personally I am not quite so convinced that the whole situation is a flop. As Rick himself points out, Fred Thompson has always been a strong finisher. And, one doesn’t have to look very closely to see that there is no real advantage to coming out swinging, just now. What with primaries edging ever earlier (New Hampshire , just this evening announced that it will be running its primary on January 3rd, of all things…) if actually there he is going to be some serious blow back from the voting public in the form of voter apathy. You can only be pounded with this stuff for so long.
I’m thinking that Thompson is probably get as good a chance as any of them, if he plays the “I’m a fresh face on the scene” routine. answer to the lake, the remainder of the Republican field as been doing its level best to shoot itself in the foot. Perhaps that too, was part of the strategy.
Now, I’m not going to tell you that he’s going to rewrite from behind everybody at the last minute and take the nomination. Candidly, I hope he does. I’m not holding my breath, however.
That said, it must also be said that we have just under a year between us and election day. Also, the convention isn’t until September 1st through the 4th, I believe, up in the Twins. I’ve seen enough of these things to know that there’s an awful lot in the way of surprises that can occur between now and then, and I guarantee you that this one is going to be no different. Given his track record, I would not be the least bit surprised if Fred Thompson was one of them.
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November 22nd, 2007 at 8:49
Fred Thompson asked us if he should run for the Presidency, he didn’t decide sometime in his past that he was destined to become the leader of this country as so many others have willingly confessed.
He also didn’t ‘reinvent’ himself on the issues of the Second Amendment, illegal alien amnesty, low taxes, small government, American soveriegnty and pride through a passive strength ( not pasificism ). Therefore, we know and explicitly trust him to follow through on each and every one without the clear anticipation all other candidates inherently demonstrate from their past records…None of them can be fully trusted as far as you can throw them.
Yet, as far as I can tell in the past nine months of studying active supporters, very few have actually looked past what these hopefuls are saying today to reveal who they used to be. Of the bits and pieces they pick up in talking points from paid as well as self-appointed spinmeisters, people are regurgitating the misinformation without the slightest effort to investigate…125 Million on the internet and only a relatively handful are using it for the greater good. Pray this is temporary.
We were once at the helpless mercy of the mainstream media for our information on candidates ( as well as all other events ) and they abused us with every trick they could create to push us in the direction they wanted us to go. Now the MSM is experiencing a power withdrawal and just like a little child past its nap-time, they’re throwing temper-tantrums.
IF the voters will become their own private investigators and look at the wealth of evidence provided by the volunteers who have come before them, we will see the current trend of support positively vaporize.
We still have about a year to go and I have every confidence people will accept the responsibility for their own government and identify the pretenders as well as the truly worthy.
In God we trust, all others get in line.
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:17
Well, unfortunately, the last several elections have been that way. What you’re describing, is hardly new. It’s with some degree of irony that I note that the last time anybody dug into serious history of the candidate was Richard Nixon.