Hunter had name recognition issues BEFORE Fred’s entry, as is obvious from numerous polls. Thompson’s entry had a nominal impact on Hunter. Definitely not enough to put him in the top tier.
Speculation and the repetition of it will not make it so...
One last thought. Trying to blame Fred for Hunters woes, well it actually seems your are under cutting Hunter and his standing as a politician. If he was a good as you present him as being, Fred should have had no impact on him one way or the other.
Interesting deduction, but purely speculative, and even that is thin.
***But Hunter did lead on FR before Thompson came in.
Hunter had name recognition issues BEFORE Fred’s entry, as is obvious from numerous polls.
***Yes, this has been acknowledged over and over and over again. But name recognition can be acquired. He would have had better name recognition by now if Fred had not come in, and there is evidence that Free Republic would have supported him handily.
Thompson’s entry had a nominal impact on Hunter. Definitely not enough to put him in the top tier.
***What?
Speculation and the repetition of it will not make it so...
***And yet, I keep seeing repeated over again & again that Hunter doesn’t have name recognition. He is gaining that, while Thompson loses all the momentum he was given as a freebie. Hunter’s the better candidate.
One last thought. Trying to blame Fred for Hunters woes, well it actually seems your are under cutting Hunter and his standing as a politician.
***Well, if I was trying to blame Fred for Hunter’s woes, that would be the case. But there is no blame attached. Fred did what Fred wanted to do and he was certainly a viable candidate. But I am calling his viability into question. At this point in the race, that should not even be possible. 250 posts on this thread? If what I were saying were completely unfounded, there would be 10 posts, if any at all.
If he was a good as you present him as being, Fred should have had no impact on him one way or the other.
***No, because you’re viewing it through the prism of blame. It is not something you can blame another candidate for, it just is. It’s the reality on the ground. Do you trust the poll results here at FR to represent what FReepers believe? Those polls show Hunter losing his support to Fred. Fred has squandered that support. I know that what I say is not popular but it could very well be true. I have presented data to back up my contention, and heck, people can even make MONEY from what I’ve been posting so we shall all see. That has got to be unique in political history. It certainly is fascinating.