Posted on 09/02/2007 4:18:47 PM PDT by wagglebee
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson officially joins the presidential race on Thursday, and Rudy Giuliani and his team are watching closely to determine how much of an impact his candidacy will have on Giuliani.
"He's a Southerner, and he's a senator, and that gives him credibility," Barry Wynn, a top Giuliani adviser in South Carolina, tells Newsday. "He's certainly weaker today in terms of the level of enthusiasm of his supporters than he was a month ago ... but I certainly see him as serious competition."
Giuliani currently sits atop every major national poll, and is leading decisively in states like California and Florida. But he still faces deep skepticism from conservatives who drive the nominating process. Those are the same people who are likely to be Thompson supporters, analysts say, and that could mean Thompson won't fade any time soon.
"I was totally dismissive of his chance to get the nomination, and I'm not dismissive anymore," Stu Rothenberg, a Washington political analyst, told Newsday. "He's hung in there."
The worry for Giuliani is that Thompson could prove just as appealing to conservatives on tax cuts and terrorism -- with the added bonus of agreeing with them on social issues like abortion and gun control. It's a theme Thompson's advisers already have suggested they will play up, the importance of nominating a candidate who embodies every part of the party's beliefs.
Are there any Rudy supporters left at FR to attempt to refute this article?
Yes.
I think there are a couple, but not many.
Good
Who does original reporting except for NYT and WP liberal spin stuff?
Most news items are AP articles.
What do you have against NewsMax?
Now if only we could get rid of the Precious Willardbot pests.
They were upset because conservative have “had their foot on the throat” of the GOP for too long. Then they would talk about how Rooty Toot was a “Goldwater conservative”, but they couldn’t seem to grasp that Goldwater was nothing more than the GOP’s McGovern, all while trying to portray Reagan as pro-abortion.
I’m very bullish on Senator Thompson and have ignored the myriad of hit pieces the last few months we’ve all been subjected to ad nauseum. He will eclipse the bulky thighed bolshevik from Chicago and provide a focal point for a much needed conservative shift in the Republican party in my opinion.
They really could use some diversity of opinion but I guess an 'amen' chorus is what that lot wants.
I guess Rudy should be worried about Newsmax using Hillary Clinton supporters/donors to bash him.
I think there are a couple, but not many.
I don't think Jim Robinson is one of them. ;-)
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Other than the fact I don't consider them a first-tier news organization, nothing.
I know what you mean. It is a good alternative to taking a pill if you're having trouble sleeping though.
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