Forget Thompson....he's not even running and even if he wanted to he's out of time.
Feb. 5, 2008, will be Super-Duper Tuesday with, perhaps, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah voting on the same day..
Think about that. That means that some obscure nominee won't be able to go to IA and NH shake some hands and come from nowhere.
They will need an entire national ground game and close to 100 million to buy radio and TV ads within a few months.
They have to make the ads ....hire thousands of people..pollsters...consultants...the logistics in this time constraints are staggering.
There are 5-6 people in the country who can pull that off. Rudy,Romney,McCaine, Hillary and maybe Obama, Colin Powell,Edwards.
They front loaded the primaries. It's pretty much game over. Unless Rudy runs as a liberal...which we know he won't..or pulls a Dean Scream...he's to smart for that...game over.....only Romney could keep up...and he's not so bad. McCaine is too damaged and old and he has stabbed too many Repub suits in the back ...the long knives are looking for payback.
It's Rudy's to lose.
Anyone polling in single digits is already toast.
Exactly! We are on the same page completely with all the front loaded primaries. One year from today OK votes with a lot of other states.
The now front loaded primaries are going to be the killer for the bottom tier!