Posted on 09/05/2007 4:27:24 PM PDT by dschapin
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson's political playbook - a high-profile visit to "The Tonight Show," a splashy bus tour, the efforts to take a familiar actor and reintroduce him in a new political role - contains pages that look eerily familiar to California voters.
Maybe that's because the former Tennessee senator has at his side some of the same key aides who, in nine short weeks, helped transform Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger from "The Terminator" into the chief executive of the Democratic-leaning state that is the most populous in the nation....
Thompson's campaign includes two veterans of another whirlwind effort - the 2003 California recall election that starred Schwarzenegger - who know firsthand at least some of the challenges ahead.
They are Todd Harris, who was Schwarzenegger's campaign communications director and will hold the same title for Thompson, and veteran Republican strategist and Fox News commentator Karen Hanretty, Schwarzenegger's press secretary during the 2003 recall effort, who will be Thompson's deputy communications director.
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If it is Arnold’s advisors who are doing this; they should remember Arnold wasn’t truthful to the people. He ran conservative; but what is really is is a RINO.
People remember liars.
Probably a lot of Republicans
You starstruck? ROFL!
Campaign aides are hired more for their skills and knowledge in the domain of running and organizing a political campaign, and not primarily for their political views—provided their views are not so different from those of the candidate that loyalty might be an issue.
However, aren’t high level staffers such as a communications director often given influential posts in the White House after the election. If Thompson had only hired one or two moderate Republican staffers it wouldn’t be such a problem. However, he seems to have a pattern of hiring staff who lean to the left.
Aw pissant, I really wanted Duncan to catch fire. Now I just want someone in the conservative ballpark who has a chance. Rudi & Romney have to go down. I would not LOL if a Mittwit bad mouths Hunter.
He can call all that crap federalism all he wants. It doesnt matter, as it plays into the agenda of the left just the same.
As an American conservative, I'm more concerned about the Constitutional agenda, of which federalism is a cornerstone, than about "the agenda of the left" or its flip side. (Although I don't see what federalism has to do with border control, which is a national issue if ever there was one. Did Fred really tie the two together?)
haha....we all know how the Rinonator turned out. Looking at a $5 billion deficit next year.
Romney has spoken fondly of Hunter. I’m not sure why he would.
To add gravitas to a ticket.
Fred will have to out-liberal Bush and Guiliani(sp) in order to win enough votes to be President...
Tancredo or Hunter could get enough Democrat and 3rd Party votes to win on the immigration issue alone, (without mentioning Nafta or the WTO) but the Republicans won't support them....
Appears as tho the majority of Republicans want a pro-queer, or pro-abortion, or pro-liberal Rino instead of a pro-American, President...
I'm beginning to think there are more Conservative Democrats than there are Conservative Republicans...
Well, that is much better... than Bill Clinton 'pulling' for Craig!
Whoa! That's a picture... I didn't want...
The one thing I have always worried about is people are rushing in to make the same mistake they always do and that is to vote just for the one they think can win without really thinking about the consequences. They make stars of them without really checking out who they are or what they stand for.
Maybe there isn’t that many quality campaign people left?? We will see what his message is. Seems to be making lots of people nervous.
Pray for W and Our Troops
That’s just it. Fred is probably a really nice guy; but I just don’t believe he will do anything much more than help America on her way to globalization.
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