Thompson First Draft Candidate [for President] Since 1952

Lawrence Journal World ^ | August 21, 2007 | Peter Brown

[television is just wrong]

he hasn’t announced yet? I’ve heard people tel me he has.

[Always Right]

he hasn’t announced yet? I’ve heard people tel me he has.

His announcement will be around Labor Day. This is not like the rumors that were out earlier which were just internet rumblings, but this is from his campaign.

[teenyelliott]

I love Fred. He is the only candidate I am excited about, because he is a Federalist.

And, he is the only candidate with the name recognition and character to beat Hitlery and Obama. Of course, I do not count Guliani in that, because he is a liberal.

Fred's Website

[EagleUSA]

“Republican Eisenhower was able to capitalize on that public frustration with a war run by a Democratic president.”
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Now should say:

Republican Thompson was able to capitalize on that public frustration with a country run by a Socialist Democrat Congress.

[Always Right]

When Fred Thompson finally announces his candidacy next month, it will be the closest thing to a successful draft of a presidential candidate in more than a half-century.

Not exactly a draft. Fred first announced he might be interested, then it took off from there.

[Vigilanteman]

So if Thompson is Ike, hand-picked by insiders and CFR members, then who is Robert Taft?

[TommyDale]

There were many of us trying to encourage Fred Thompson and Haley Barbour to run back in 2006 after the congressional race debacle.

[deport]

In fact, polls still show that many more Republicans than Democrats are unhappy with the current field of party candidates. Among those who express a preference, Thompson now consistently runs second behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in both national polls and those in most states, although not the two early key tests — Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Whether Thompson can fill this perceived void or not is yet to be seen but the fact that Romney with all his millions, Giuliani with all his name recognition, McCain with all his senatorial experience and the bottom tier with all their hope haven’t been able to satisfy a larger percentage of the GOP voters speaks volumes about the mood of the electorate this time. Thompson is still an unknown beyond the surface and when the public, media and other opponents begin the in-depth exploration into his past, policies and future direction he hopes to take this country may well rule him out also. But if he survives the scrutiny then he has the opportunity to become the candidate the GOP voters will coalesce around. jmo.

[1Old Pro]

As it now stands, Rudy and Hillary have been crowned as their party nominees.

I want to see Fred start to take on both.

[hoosierpearl]

It is a draft. There are a bunch of websites out to draft Thompson, there was a draft Thompson petition, people who knew him were talking to him about running long before he said a word. This comment from a blog about the draft sites:

“In addition, Draft Fred Thompson websites have started popping up on the web and most were created by college students! Both http://www.AnotherRonaldReagan.com and http://www.Fred08.com are excellent examples of this. If he is catching on amoung the young even before he has announced, then this race for the republican nomination is about to change quickly.”

The blog comment found here:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/03/fred_thompson_more_than_flirti.html

This is one of the websites for the draft:
http://www.fred08.com/

And another:
http://www.anotherronaldreagan.com/

[hardback]

I think Fred already did in his ‘New York State of Mind’ ABC Editorial today :)

[1Old Pro]

Yea, hee hee hee, I kinda liked that.

[SE Mom]

..he’s just warming up:)

[Maximus of Texas]

And he has a hot wife.

[GraniteStateConservative]

When Fred Thompson finally announces his candidacy next month, it will be the closest thing to a successful draft of a presidential candidate in more than a half-century.

This guy is a moron. We had one just 4 years ago-- Wesley Clark. "Draft Clark" was very successful at turning a guy who wasn't thinking of joining the race and who didn't have a real national profile into a legitimate contender for the Dem nomination.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>>Whether Thompson can fill this perceived void or not is yet to be seen but the fact that Romney with all his millions, Giuliani with all his name recognition, McCain with all his senatorial experience and the bottom tier with all their hope haven’t been able to satisfy a larger percentage of the GOP voters speaks volumes about the mood of the electorate this time. Thompson is still an unknown beyond the surface and when the public, media and other opponents begin the in-depth exploration into his past, policies and future direction he hopes to take this country may well rule him out also. But if he survives the scrutiny then he has the opportunity to become the candidate the GOP voters will coalesce around. jmo.

Once he announces, I think there is a good chance FredT can gain conservative support and unite Republicans behind a winning strategy. If Thompson doen't survive and another scenario plays out, in all likeihood enough conservatives would bolt from the GOP to vote third party. That would doom the Republican Party, mainly because of who would probably be sitting at the top of the ticket. A weak liberal candidate named, Rudy Giuliani.

[Atlas Sneezed]

So if Thompson is Ike, hand-picked by insiders and CFR members, then who is Robert Taft?

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Sorry, but Thompson wasn’t picked by insiders, he was picked by ME (and other grass roots conservatives sick of the GOP-MSM “front-runners”.)

[Atlas Sneezed]

In what sense was Wes Clark a “successful draft”?

[teenyelliott]

Yes, there is that. First ladies must be hot.