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Posted on 10/04/2007 1:00:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
IRMO, S.C. - Each of the top Republican presidential candidates has a different path to the nomination. South Carolina's first-in-the-South primary on Jan. 19 - in between the initial contests and a de facto national primary in early February - lies at the crossroads of all three.
Mitt Romney is hoping a strong showing in South Carolina will prove he can do well in less familiar political terrain than Iowa and New Hampshire, where the first contests will be held and where he is investing heavily with time and money.
Rudy Giuliani is looking at South Carolina as a springboard to win Florida on Jan. 29, hoping that will help him reel in other big, delegate-rich states including California and New York that are among 20 states voting on Feb. 5.
Fred Thompson, a native Southerner, popular actor, and former senator from Tennessee, is aiming to jump-start his campaign by sweeping the South, with South Carolina a virtual must-win.
On the eve of the three-month stretch run, polls show the state is up for grabs. While political specialists on the South say Thompson should fare well because of his regional roots, Giuliani and Romney face hurdles as Northeasterners with less-than-perfect conservative credentials.
Romney, as the former governor of Ted Kennedy's home state, has been criticized for changing his views on important social issues such as gay rights and abortion, and has been eyed with suspicion by many conservative Christians who view his Mormon faith as a cult. Giuliani, a thrice-married New Yorker, supports abortion rights and backed gun control as New York's mayor.(continued)
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Exactly, Fred mops up in the south. Fred will go into the convention with the most delegates, but may not have a majority. It could get very interesting.
You betcha.
On the eve of the three-month stretch run, polls show the state is up for grabs.
Doubt it. FDT will win humongous in SC.
I think in a head to head against Hillary, Fred is gonna sweep the states. Hillary’s negatives are too high. Fred has to get his message out and don’t step on his own d!ck.
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That could just as easily be written as, "less than perfect liberal credentials".
I became more of a FredHead today when I heard his response to the recent Rush phony soldier situation being trumped up by Dingy Reid and the LSM.
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