>> The effort last year to stop McCain’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform is becoming very clearly to be an eruption of effort that had no basis in principle.
That’s just silly. Don’t be melodramatic.
>> They are supporting a candidate who won’t make the effort to stop McCain.
I’d say running AGAINST McCain qualifies as “making an effort” to stop him.
Incidentally, I remember Fred calling out McCain on his immigration plan last night. Granted, his statement wasn’t as scathing as his attacks on Huck ... but it nonetheless existed. Fred also released several statements specifically decrying CIR.
>> Hell, they might as well be supporting McCain.
More melodrama.
>> If it was petulance, then it’s not surprising at all they are letting McCain be nominated.
Supporting Thompson seems to be the antithesis of “letting McCain be nominated”.
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You guys know it. Each and every one of you know it. Thompson’s big last stand is to be South Carolina and he won’t even attack the front runner there.
There is no escaping this. There is no maneuver available to talk about Romney’s spending — because the subject of the moment is strictly, explicitly and specifically, Thompson. It is HIS failure to try to survive in South Carolina that is the subject of the moment. It is HIS betrayal of his donors who sent money to him that is the subject of the moment.
Much time is spent talking of Thompson’s behavior on FR, except when it is time to face the music and see that he won’t make the effort to take down the leader in the state he MUST have.
Only if you don't know how a stalking horse works. The more votes Fred gets, the more McCain benefits. McCain is relying on Democrat crossover votes and the stupid vote to win the nomination and he needs the conservative vote to be fragmented between as many candidates as possible.
If Fred manages to gain enough momentum where he'd be a threat to McCain's chances, he'll self-destruct his own campaign.