[Moral Hazard]

“Strong conservatives were cast aside in favor of moderates and the base just isn’t energized.”

Well, Iowa had a chance to pick a solid conservative, and instead fell for Mike Huckabee’s religious snake oil, while fatally damaging the campaign of the best conservative in the race, Fred Thompson. Ultimately, I believe, Iowa is to blame.

[ari-freedom]

Fred was the clearest conservative but he wasn’t the most electable. And I think he knew all along from the beginning that he wasn’t going to win.