The New Fire in Fred's Belly

National Review Online ^ | November 19, 2007 | Larry Kudlow

[Reagan Man]

Fred ping

[MaestroLC]

FRed is the only one I feel comfortable with so far.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

FRED PING!!!

[ASA Vet]

Yesterdays Duplicate

[big'ol_freeper]

Fred really needs to contrast his record against the liberal troika: Romney, McCain, Guiliani. The closer conservatives look at those three the more terrified they will become.

[ejonesie22]

Can he win?

If it were anyone else but Fred Thompson, I’d say no.

This is Fred Thompson’s game right now.

The best part is few seem to realize it.

[Reagan Man]

Didn’t show up in search.

What are you, the posting police? ;^)

[rhombus]

I was pretty sure it was a duplicate too but it strangely didn’t show up in the search.

[ASA Vet]

try a one word search on “fire”

[sageb1]

See my post here please.

Ron Paul's Campaign Against Fred Thompson

[mtbopfuyn]

Buffett advocated a whole series of tax hikes, such as an increase in the death tax

It's not as if he's leaving that burden to his kids so why concern himself with the rest of us.

[sageb1]

More on Paul's Campaign Against Fred Thompson

[jellybean]

Yesterdays Duplicate

On a related note:

Fred Thompson -- Picking The Right Time To Peak

Much has been made since Fred Thompson entered the presidential race about Fred being lazy, not having the heart for the job, disappointing, etc. But perhaps that's all part of Fred's plan. Keeping expectations low and then exceeding them would generate a tremendous amount of momentum. Before he formally entered the race, Fred was viewed as the saviour of the conservatives. Everybody was hyped up and Fred was the buzz everywhere. And then he formally entered and by everyone's account he fell flat. His poll numbers have slowly drifted down. But it may all be by design.

Fred must pick the right time to peak. If he peaks too early, then there will be others who have time to pass him. Peak to late and the momentum will have passed him by. But keep expectations low; let everyone talk about him being lazy, not wanting the job, etc.; and then pick up steam at just the right time might just be the game plan for Fred.

Larry Kudlow likes Fred. He interviewed Fred recently and wrote about the fire in Fred's belly that is beginning to show.

In the Real Clear Politics Blog this morning Tom Bevan asked whether Fred is dead or just resting. I suspect the latter. I know some of Fred's campaign people. They've got a strategy. And just when everyone has pushed Fred to the curb he'll do something to gain the momentum. And could that something be an endorsement from James Dobson? If you recall, earlier this year Dobson said that Fred Thompson was not a Christian and that he didn't have the "want to" to be president. Could that position be changing? Fred picked up the National Right to Life Committee's endorsement last week. Could other conservative Christian leaders' endorsements be far behind? I think there is a lot of wisdom in Fred reaching out to evangelical Christians.

I don't think Fred is being lazy. I think Fred is doing things the way he wants to. And I think he's lying in wait for just the right time to peak and steal the momentum away from the other candidates.

Jerome

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[Rick.Donaldson]

Didn’t show in my search. In FACT a LOT of things do not show up in search even though they are there.

[rhombus]

Well maybe it’s a NEW...new fire in Fred’s belly.

[PAR35]

My current evaluation of the serious campaigns. Huck’s campaign is functioning the best right now. Fred’s finally gotten on track. Mitt and McCain are treading water, Rudy’s campaign is losing ground.

[dblshot]

He probably got that fire in his belly at the diner in his last ad.

[ejonesie22]

Gee that sounds familiar....

It’s Fred’s game, let the man play it...

[Reagan Man]

American politics isn’t for the faint of heart or the thin skinned. Running for POTUS is no walk in the park. All presidential candidates in the last 50 years have learned, you better have a solid organization across the board or you can’t win.

That includes a tough crew to get your message out and keep the other guys honest in the propaganda process. In the 21st century that includes a smart and savvy group to run your internet operations.

Go Fred go!