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All In (Fred Thompson moves to Iowa)
Weekly Standard ^ | 12/7/07 | Stephen Hayes

Posted on 12/08/2007 4:06:27 PM PST by cotton1706

Des Moines, Iowa FORMER TENNESSEE SENATOR Fred Thompson has decided to take his campaign and virtually all of its resources to Iowa in an all-or-nothing attempt to register a strong showing in the caucuses here on January 3. "We're getting ready to make this not only our second home, but our first home," he told a small gathering of supporters at the Polk County Convention Center on Friday night. Thompson and his wife Jeri chatted with the crowd before making their way through the exhibits at the Iowa Farm Bureau's annual meeting in downtown Des Moines.

Beginning Monday, December 17, Thompson will launch a bus tour that will take him throughout the state. From the beginning of that trip through caucus night, Thompson will essentially live in Iowa, taking only a one-day trip out of the state to celebrate Christmas at his home in Virginia.

Thompson has said publicly that he needs to finish in the top three in Iowa. Campaign officials say that a strong third place finish--presumably behind new frontrunner Mike Huckabee and former frontrunner Mitt Romney--would likely give them enough momentum to survive New Hampshire and compete in South Carolina and beyond. A second place finish would be a victory. "Just when the interest is there the greatest, is when we'll be here the most."

Neither McCain nor Giuliani appears to be making a major effort in Iowa, though there are persistent reports that Giuliani is doing whatever under-the-radar things he can--like mail--to keep his name in circulation without looking like he's trying too hard. That leaves Thompson alone to compete with Romney and Huckabee, two candidates without national security experience, in Iowa.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; fredthompson; ia2008; stephenhayes
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1 posted on 12/08/2007 4:06:28 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Excellent!


2 posted on 12/08/2007 4:07:28 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cotton1706
Thompson has said publicly that he needs to finish in the top three in Iowa. Campaign officials say that a strong third place finish--presumably behind new frontrunner Mike Huckabee and former frontrunner Mitt Romney--would likely give them enough momentum to survive New Hampshire and compete in South Carolina and beyond.

He is still up there in the polls and the MSM still skips his name when reporting.

Oh, I forgot, the MSM is fair and balanced....

3 posted on 12/08/2007 4:12:44 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: cotton1706
It's about gaddamn time.

Fred, you've got my vote, but show a pulse, fer crying out loud.


4 posted on 12/08/2007 4:14:02 PM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: cotton1706

Must be part of Thompson’s late strategy. Late to start his run, late into Iowa. Hop it works. Of all the top tier candidates he’s the only one I support.


5 posted on 12/08/2007 4:16:22 PM PST by saganite
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To: trisham
Mega Dittos! Huckabee is not my choice, as much as the MSM wants it to be so.

Go Fred Go!!!

6 posted on 12/08/2007 4:16:38 PM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (Ron Paul is nutcase, plain & simple.)
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To: Viking2002
Fred has been campaigning hard, imho.

Visit his site to see:

http://www.imwithfred.com/

7 posted on 12/08/2007 4:16:54 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
Agreed.

Huckabee is unacceptable for we conservatives.

8 posted on 12/08/2007 4:18:01 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Yes, the only true conservative among the four top tier is Fred Thompson! GO FRED! :)


9 posted on 12/08/2007 4:19:59 PM PST by seekthetruth
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To: cotton1706
Looks like he is preping for Hucks fall in a couple of weeks.

They must be happy with SC right now and decided to take him out in Iowa instead.

He is making his move faster than I thought though. Could be a very good sign. Get this crap over with.

10 posted on 12/08/2007 4:20:01 PM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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He needs to spend a some time in Iowa, but the key state for Fred is South Carolina. It's do or die there.

Right now, Fred should spend most of his time camping in South Carolina.

11 posted on 12/08/2007 4:20:53 PM PST by HAL9000 (Fred Thompson/Mike Huckabee 2008)
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To: ejonesie22

I sure hope you’re right. I tend to be somewhat pessimistic at times. I went to sleep during the last 20 minutes or so of the Patriots vs. the Ravens. Call be a gutless coward, if you will.


12 posted on 12/08/2007 4:22:17 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cotton1706

It’s terrible that just a couple of states get to chose who will be on the ballot for the leader of the free world.


13 posted on 12/08/2007 4:23:10 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Join me for the Million Minutemen March --- Summer 2008!!)
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To: cotton1706
I've been rooting for Fred even before he declared, I just hope this move isn't too little too late.

It certainly hasn't worked for Chris Dodd.

(I know, I know Fred is not Chris Dodd.)

14 posted on 12/08/2007 4:24:53 PM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: cotton1706
Smart move, IMHO - The MSM will of course hang Thompson if he doesn’t caucus well, but it’s where the political reporters are camping out and you can only write so many lines of copy about Romney and Huckster before your eyes begin to bleed.
15 posted on 12/08/2007 4:25:57 PM PST by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: trisham
I don't need schooled in the Zen of Fred. I was beating his war drums in 1999. But in the lemming-like primary process, you have to preen and show your plumage in a more cavalier manner, lest ye be left lurking in the shadows.


16 posted on 12/08/2007 4:29:20 PM PST by Viking2002 (Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
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To: Viking2002

Amen.


17 posted on 12/08/2007 4:30:33 PM PST by ECM (Government is a make-work program for lawyers.)
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To: cotton1706; jellybean; Politicalmom; 2ndDivisionVet

FRed BUMP and ping.


18 posted on 12/08/2007 4:34:36 PM PST by upchuck (Hildabeaste as Prez... unimaginable, devastating misery! She will redefine "How bad can it get?")
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To: trisham
Rudy and Mitt had fallen against Huck faster than I thought. I was of the idea it would be another 2 weeks before we would see what we have as of now.

I think they see it too. Strike while the iron is hot and like all good tacticians, be prepared to change battlefields to your advantage. I thought they would fall back to SC. I think they see a shot of taking it even sooner.

19 posted on 12/08/2007 4:34:46 PM PST by ejonesie22 (In America all people have a right to be wrong, some just exercise it a bit much...)
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To: trisham

“I went to sleep during the last 20 minutes or so of the Patriots vs. the Ravens.”

You missed some good football! One of the advantages of being stuck on the left coast. It wasn’t so late over here.

About this constant thing we hear about Fred being late or too late...

I hope that’s not the case. Is it really being late if everyone else is jumping out way early? There’s only so much cash to spend on campaigns and the quicker you start spending it, the harder it gets to keep any around for a strong finish.


20 posted on 12/08/2007 4:35:01 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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