Fred Thompson Dropping Out

Did he endorse McCain? If he did, then McCain is in the driver's seat. If not, McCain could be in trouble.

I dimly remember a poll showing that Thompson's supporters tended to prefer Romney and Huckabee, even though Thompson personally likes McCain. I can't back that up, though.

So, remind me, after this - who is officially the second coming of Ronald Reagan now?

who is officially the second coming of Ronald Reagan now?

Bobby Jindal in 2016 baby!!!

No endorsement from Thompson, so this could hurt McCain.

At the moment there's the Moderate wing of the Republican part, which is about 25%, all of which goes to McCain.

The protest wing of the Republican party, which is about 10%, all of which goes to Ron Paul.

And the conservative wing of the Republican party, which is 65%, which was spit between Romney, Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani. Without Thompson, the three remaining people get access to the 10% Thompson had.

If Romney can get half of that, he's in the lead nationally. If he can grab most of it, he can win Florida and become the front runner on Super Tuesday.

Fred drops out? Or drops off?

Ah, the memories:

Poll: Fred Thompson Tied with Hillary
Former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson would be a tough opponent for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a presidental election, a new poll shows. ...
archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/25/145319.shtml - 20k

Thompson: I can stop Hillary Clinton - CNN.com Story Highlights; NEW: Fred Thompson says he can beat Democrats, including Hillary Clinton; NEW: Thompson spokesman quits campaign; Thompson tells Jay Leno ...
www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/thompson/index.html - 73k - Cached - Similar pages

YouTube - Fred on "HillaryCare"
Fred Thompson gives his thoughts on Hillary Clinton's new health care proposal. (more). Added: September 19, 2007. Fred Thompson gives his thoughts on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EypGgrJzI - 125k - Cached - Similar pages

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm surprised Fred didn't sleep through the announcement that he was dropping out.

This whole Republican race is fascinating, far more so than the Democrats, who will likely win the election. It's been about seeing which segment of the Republican party gets the shaft and seeing what it does about it.

Giuliani: He is probably one of the more viable candidates in the general election, but Bernie Kerik gets him targeted by Team Bush and being an asshole means he has no friends to help him while the party establishment pisses on his grave. Yes, there are made men of the Bush Crime Family who would vote for Hillary Clinton over Giuliani. The Bushes are the modern Bourbons -- the family that learns nothing and forgets nothing.

McCain: He's the other guy who is actually viable in a general election, due to his weird wingnut-who-no-one-thinks-is-a-wingnut meme and the masturbatory (and after David Brooks's column about a month ago, I mean that adjective seriously) affection he brings about in the Beltway crowd. But this rep cuts both ways -- the wingnuts don't think he's a wingnut, and they've been after him. I'm curious to see how the Swift Boaters would react were he the nominee, and I'm surprised to not hear more about his selling secrets in the Hanoi Hilton. I think they'd support him if they thought he could win, but right now they're convinced the Hillary-beater is

Romney: Who isn't. I'm with Dan Bartlett here: the flip-flopping covers the Mormonism. I think he'll wind up being the failed nominee in a situation like the end of Reservoir Dogs -- Mr. Pink, a whiny coward, survives because he leaves and everyone pulls the guns at each other and shoots. Yes, this means the Republicans are about to nominate Mr. Pink.

Huckabee: Now he's the guy who makes this race interesting. If his candidacy hadn't taken off, the McCain-haters in the party base could turn the guns on McCain and give Romney the nomination after Iowa and New Hampshire. He's practically a lock for to be the running mate to appease the Religious Right. The party is in a huge bind, because if they work too hard to tank the Hayseed Revolution, the Religious Right will walk and will let the Republicans get their clocks cleaned in Congressional elections as well.

(As an aside, the Republican handling of the Religious Right, the Religious Right's handling of the Republicans is probably an advantage for them over the Democrats. Think of it this way -- in 2000, instead of screaming, "You sons of bitches voted for Nader! You were supposed to vote for Gore and because of that, you hippies suck!" the Democrats say, "We lost that one. Those Nader votes hurt us big time. What can we do to bring you guys back?" I couldn't see how that would have hurt the Democrats in 2004.)

Looking back at Fred Thompson, I can and can't see where he fits here. Where I can see how he fits is that the Republicans don't have a candidate whom about a quarter of the party hates, and thus they have a spot for a guy who means unity. But in terms of representing a segment of the Republicans, the corporatists already have Romney, the fundies have Huckabee, the media have McCain. I can't see tired Fred representing any of those segments better than the guys they have now, leaving him with nowhere to go. The movement conservatives have already shown themselves to be about nothing other than power, and they'd never go for a candidate who was doomed to lose, adding to the cycle of doom for Thompson.

All us Libruls were just SO SCARED of him.

Hey libs, you don't have time to bag on the Rs. Your Big 3 (more like two-and-a-half) candidates consist of the pantsuit-wearing male half of the Clinton Crime Syndicate, a proto-Muslim mulatto who spouts failed 60's liberal cliches and votes to the left of Ted "Swim" Kennedy, and the Brecht Girl, a reptile who pretends to give a damn about the poor.

Please accept the consolation prize of McClown to call your own. He's a political-speech banning, amnesty-raising, gun-banning socialist. Just like you!

Clinton Crime Syndicate? AH HA HA AH HA HAH HA HAAA HA HA HAAA HA HA HAHAHA like they're worse criminals than the next administrataion AAAHA HAHAHA

And McCain's a socialist? AAAAAAAAH HA HA HA HA Advice to live by: if you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about, don't talk. "Socialist".

Wow, all that spew and he didn't say Hitlery or KKK Byrd. What a piker.