Fred Thompson’s Political Calculus

Published September 5, 2007 in Fred Thompson.

So, Fred Thompson is going to blow off New Hampshire primary voters in a debate on the conservative Fox News in exchange for a Hollywood appearance with Jay Leno?

Um, okay.

6 Responses to “Fred Thompson’s Political Calculus”

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1 jerry
Sep 5th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

Makes sense to me. How many people will watch the nth debate to see his five minutes where he doesn’t announce but instead is forced to respond to other people’s questions. Instead he’ll get a very folksy conversation with Jay.
2 C.S.Strowbridge
Sep 5th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

I hope it works. Thompson polls worse than Giuliani in nearly every state vs. nearly every Democratic contender.

He would make Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida practically out of reach for Republicans in ‘08.
3 Oliver Willis
Sep 5th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

Except NH voters are not your normal general election types. Sure, Leno’s rating will be higher, but in actual number of NH GOP primary voters? I dunno.
4 Benny
Sep 5th, 2007 at 7:36 pm

That’s pretty humorous considering it was on Fixed Noise that he first announced a possible run.
5 Dr. Victor Davis Handjob
Sep 5th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

Makes sense that Frederick of Hollywood announces in Hollywood. I expect his concession speech will be delivered from the decrepit set of Hee Haw, thus completing the cycle.
6 durablend
Sep 6th, 2007 at 8:49 am

Nah…he’ll deliver his concession speech during L&O (commercial break)