GOP primary 2008 - Alabama (Fred Thompson leads)

USA Elections Polls ^ | 11/26/07

[ellery]

Capital Survey Research Center/Alabama Education Association 11/26/2007 Alabama w/o Newt Gingrich Margin of Error = 3.9% [?]

Fred Thompson 22% Rudy Giuliani 20% Mike Huckabee 17% John McCain 9% Mitt Romney 5% Ron Paul 3% Alan Keyes 2% Duncan Hunter 1% Unsure 21% Source

[ellery]

I've seen so many polls from the first handful of states -- I thought I'd check out how the candidates are doing in Super Tuesday primary states.

[counterpunch]

Well at least he’s leading somewhere.

[ellery]

Ping for the Thompson lists. My official position is that none of these polls is very meaningful right now, but if folks are going to put so much stock in polls from the first few states, they should take Super Tuesday into account as well.

[jellybean]

[Route66]

Well at least he’s leading somewhere.

Wisconsin and Alabama with more to come.

[A. Morgan]

Go, Fred, Go! Go, Fred, Go! Go, Fred, Go!

[Rick_Michael]

It will be that way throughout most of the south. As long as he does well in the initial primaries...he’ll roll through the rest fairly easy.

[DemEater]

He’s also leading in the Commonwealth of Free Republic.

[counterpunch]

Go, Fred, Go! Go, Fred, Go! Go, Fred, Go!

Shouldn't that be "Get Up And Go Fred Go Already!"
Hmmm.. think that will be my new tagline...

[DesScorp]

“Well at least he’s leading somewhere.”

He’s leading in Wisconsin as well, and will likely regain the lead in South Carolina once the Huckster’s 15 minutes are up (and I think they just about are).

He’s probably leading in a lot of Southern States, we just don’t have that polling data yet.

[counterpunch]

He still needs to campaign on his credentials.
Have you ever heard him mention he was Chairman of the International Security and Nonproliferation Advisory Board for the State Department at any of the debates? Me neither. Why is that?

He should be taking on Rudy where it counts: terrorism. If Fred can convince a decent percentage of current Giuliani supporters that he is credible on the issue of terrorism, then he can win the nomination. If he doesn’t then he won’t. So far it looks like he isn’t even trying.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Fred will slay the Hildabeast.

[DesScorp]

“Have you ever heard him mention he was Chairman of the International Security and Nonproliferation Advisory Board for the State Department at any of the debates? Me neither. Why is that?”

Because that doesn’t mean jack sh*t to voters. They’ll just go “huh?”.

He’s doing what he should be doing right now...emphasizing his loyalty to the Constitution and common sense conservative principles.

[counterpunch]

Nonsense. That's pre-9/11 thinking there.
Rudy is leading for one reason and one reason only: credibility on terrorism and national security. It's not terribly well deserved, but he is "America's Mayor." If Thompson wants to win (which I actually question quite a bit) then he will present himself as an authority on international terrorism and nuclear proliferation and a credible alternative to Giuliani on national security.

This is where the voters are.
Your failure to see that is the same affliction Thompson's campaign is suffering from.

He needs to come out forcefully as a solid and credible "tough guy" to let people know he's ready, willing, and able to do what is necessary to secure America, not come across like a tired old conservative sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch talking about the way it ought to be.

Do you think Thompson has the experience and background to be credible on national defense? If so, then why don't you think he should be selling it to GOP voters, who consistently rank that as their top issue?

The problem with the Thompson campaign is they seem to have bought into the MSM BS that voters don't think any of the candidates are "conservative enough." That is some truth to that, but they want a post-9/11 candidate first, and a "true conservative" second. That's why Giuliani has been leading all along to the bewilderment of all the pundits. People will only abandon Giuliani if another candidate presents himself as more conservative and equally credible on national defense. Not just one or the other.

 

[LadyNavyVet]

Now why isn’t this on the front page of every newspaper in America? Oh, right, it’s not about Huckabee.

[A. Morgan]

Did you read this from yesterdays Glenn Beck Show?

http://www.glennbeck.com/news/12112007.shtml

[counterpunch]

GLENN: Good. We have a couple of ways to go. I'm afraid, because we've been trying for a long time, I'm afraid that we're going to eat up our 15 minutes here and then I'm not going to get a chance to talk to you again and --

SENATOR THOMPSON: Well, that's not necessarily true. If I had known you were trying to get me that hard, I would have just overruled everybody. I would blame it on other people.

Well there's you're problem right there.Fred neds to fire his entire staff, apparently. They're obviously not working for him.

 

[counterpunch]

Nowhere in that interview did I see Fred mention his work as Chairman of the International Security Advisory Board for the State Department. Nowhere did I see him talk about terrorism. I just saw the same old lines, which really aren’t that good. I didn’t see him take a hard stance on anything. He made no news at all in this interview. His tax plan is uninspired, to say the least. It’s neither fair nor flat, and it keeps the progressive tax structure in place, it just reduces the number of tiers and makes the jump from one to the next far more drastic. No wonder Fred’s campaign is keeping him away from the media. Maybe he ought to just drop out and endorse John McCain.

[counterpunch]

And what’s with his answer on Compean and Ramos? He rambles on about how they’re guilty, but maybe the punishment was a little too harsh and they’re “probably” subject for consideration for commutation. What about “HELL YES I BELIEVE THIS WAS A GROSS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AND THEY DESERVE A FULL PARDON IMMEDIATELY!!”?

Fred is proving he is not proactive at all. We need a president who can at least show Americans that he cares about the issues, and offer a bold vision, not a wishy-washy middle of the road "still testing the waters" vision. My enthusiasm for Fred dropped by half after reading this interview (but it’s still higher than Fred’s!). Thanks a lot for that!

[rep-always]

Thompson is my choice here in Florida. My entire family will be voting for him in the primary.