[rwfromkansas]

He didn’t give one though. All he said was obviously he wasn’t for it.

That was it. Nothing to try to get people to see why he thought that way, nothing to try to defend or even simply EXPLAIN his position at all.

If that is his way of debating, he will get KILLED if he is the nominee.

It is beyond terrible.

[Williams]

You assume acouple of things. First, that Thompson has never explained his position in detail. Of course he has. Second, that his audience needed much argument from Thompson on this point. Something like 80% of the electorate opposes same sex marriages. Simply telling a pro gay sex marriage questioner that you are flat out against it, resonates just fine with me.

As for the "Soviet Union?" initial reaction, he misheard the question at first. Big deal.

I think you illustrate the reason it is so hard to lead. You say you support Thompson, I assume you support his gay marriage position, but you read one article designed to make him look weak in answering one question, and you become critical of your own candidate.

I want to know the policies of my president, that's the most important thing.