In a move that, after Saturday, did not surprise anyone, Fred Thompson has decided to drop out of the GOP race for President. “Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort,” the former Tennessee senator [...]
From Rich at Shots Across the Bow: Does Fred Thompson even know that New Hampshire is a state? Because New Hampshire sure didn’t know that Fred was a candidate.
Mitt Romney has won the Wyoming GOP Caucus. Wyoming, which moved its caucus before New Hampshire’s primary was penalized by the GOP and lost half its delegates. Romney has won at least 7 of the 12 delegates up for grabs. Fred Thompson won 2, and Duncan Hunter won 1. Apparently some delegates are still to [...]
UPDATE (1/3/2008 11:23 am): Sources inside the Thompson camp are denying The Politico story. IowaPolitics.com The Corner on NRO H/T ElephantBiz for the Update The Politico is reporting that Fred Thompson may drop out after today’s Iowa caucuses. Thompson’s departure could shake up the race more than his continued presence. Friends and advisers said they [...]
As most of you know, Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first female PM in an Islamic state, was assassinated this morning, and al Qaeda is claiming responsibility. I am not going to cover the details of the actual event or the breaking news (Drudge is doing a great job of this, as [...]
In the final GOP Debate before January 3rd’s Iowa Caucuses, the format was very different than the last CNN debate. Candidates were only given 30-60 seconds to answer questions. I thought this led to very shallow “sound-bite” answers rather than thoughtful, meaningful answers. 30-60 seconds is no time to answer what you want for lunch, [...]
Fred Thompson answered that question exceedingly well on Charlie Rose’s show. Redstate has an excellent article. I will take some parts from it, but take a couple minutes and go read the whole thing. Rose asks, “You constantly say in this campaign that you are a conservative. What does that mean today?” Here was Thompson’s [...]
According to an article on MSNBC, Fred Thompson says he must finish in the top three in Iowa. “I probably don’t have to win, but I have to do better than [fourth], and I’m planning on doing better than that. …We’re about where we need to be right now. We haven’t spent as much time [...]
Some quick comments on last night’s CNN/YouTube Debate. I once again thought Mike Huckabee did very well and probably won the debate. A survey of Florida voters and Iowa voters echoed this. You can find that poll HERE. I also thought Mitt Romney did pretty well, except for his stumble over the question of whether [...]
According to the latest Rasmussen poll, Mike Huckabee leads all GOP hopefuls in Iowa. Candidate Percent Mike Huckabee 28% Mitt Romney 25% Rudy Giuliani 12% Fred Thompson 11% Ron Paul 5% John McCain 4% This is a major comeback for Huckabee. This is not the end of the world for Romney, who is still [...]
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