[SnakeDoctor]

>> Thompson’s big last stand is to be South Carolina and he won’t even attack the front runner there.

There are strategic considerations that you’re not taking into account.

If you’re trying to quickly capture votes, you attack the guy who’s voters are in your wheelhouse. Huckabee is popular because of the false belief that he’s conservative ... Thompson’s running as a conservative. Thus, the quickest way to acquire conservative voters is to debunk Huck’s conservatism, and convince true conservatives that he (Thompson) is the real deal.

McCain tends to draw independents, not conservatives. Thompson is running as a conservative, so the likelihood that he’ll quickly undermine McCain’s “independent” hold is low.

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[kabar]

They are all running as conservatives, including Giuliani.

[magritte]

I think that's the problem...to Huckabee'ssupporters, he is big pro-life, anti-gay marriage, and strong on guns conservative, plus he's a populist Baptist minister. To them, that IS a conservative.

Short of someone finding out that Huckabee gave to Planned Parenthood, they will not switch to Thompson.