Thompson greets packed room at Hotel Ottumwa

The Ottumwa Courier ^ | December 28, 2007 | Matt Milner

[r9etb]

I am waiting to see the look on their faces when FRED wins Iowa. The MSM will be like ducks in the water, paddeling very fast to catch up to the PEOPLE.

That'd be good, but the caucuses are primarily indicators of whose campaign organization did the best job of carrying the local meetings. Pat Robertson did a bang-up job there in '88, for example -- because his people were active, not because he had a ghost of a chance.

Fred will finish respectably there -- probably 3rd and close. Best case 2nd, but I'd bet no higher than that. (Still, I'd be thrilled if he did take it....)

[nygoose]

Thanks for the response to CIC.