I think if Thompson can sell these wares with a sense of optimism for the country, he will do just fine. I am a tiny cog in the Republican works in my city, and I can tell you people I meet (not necessarily party people, but the great unwashed - party people don't care who gets the nod; anyone with literature for drops will do) are desperate for such a person to move ahead in this campaign.
What the mainstream media is peddling isn’t what the public wants and as we come closer to the elections will demand more than empty rhetoric.
I believe the MSM looks at Thompson with trepidation. I believe that is why these people are doing anything they can to derail him.
Fred has them all outsmarted already. He was a little nervous, but he will explode in the next one.
Indexing benefits to inflation is stealthily bold - he is the only one of this group who could ever get away with such specificity on entitlements. The Matthews smackdown was even admired by Rudy, who couldn’t wipe the smile off his face during the next question.