“Thompson is spending a great deal of time on the ground in Iowa. That has got to bring his numbers up.”
Actually, this is the reason he is sinking in Iowa. He was surging in early summer when he was hiding somewhere. As soon as he went to see voters and campaigned his poll numbers went down. Similarly, every time he got “major endorsement” (like NRLC), his numbers went down.
Apparently, there is some sort of inverse logic: exact opposite is happening all the time. He has great message. It is just that the messenger is wrong.
That’s strange. I like him more when I see him speak, as in debates.