Thompson didn’t have anywhere near the influence on the events that produced the Albino RINO as the GOP nominee.
It was Huckabee more than anything else.
I don’t know if Romney would have won, but I do believe Romney would have made a much better fight, especially after the economic meltdown became ‘the theme’ of the campaign.
Precisely.
It was the Huckster that locked up the 'abortion is the only issue and nothing else matters, period, end of story' crowd, which led to the conservative split.
However with Thompson in the race McCain did win South Carolina.. Then after that Fred dropped out, but your are right Mike did more to help McCain more than anybody in the primary..