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Late-Breaking Surge for Thompson
National Review Online ^ | 2 January 2008 | Peter Robinson

Posted on 01/02/2008 3:09:35 PM PST by big'ol_freeper

The latest news from Iowa? According to Zogby’s latest—and I quote: “Sen. Fred Thompson…has seen a late-breaking surge.” (Rich notes the same poll below.)

What’s going on here? My guess is that there are whole lot of Iowa Republicans who have about the same attitude that David Limbaugh displayed in his column yesterday:

Fred is the only [candidate] I don't have major reservations about….I find his lack of "fire in the belly" refreshing. He strikes me as one of the few presidential candidates since Ronald Reagan whose primary motivation is not personal aggrandizement but rather serving and leading the nation in very troubled and dangerous times. I see him as almost being drafted into this project, and his refusal to drool publicly over the prospect of becoming the most powerful man in the world is positively delightful.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: election; electionpresident; elections; fred; fredthompson; ia2008; iowa; iowavotefred; primaries; primary; thenextpresident; thompson
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To: big'ol_freeper

This line is priceless:

“It doesn’t matter which Democratic leader I run against. They’re all one in the same. They are all NEA, Moveon.org, ACLU, Michael Moore Democrats.”

Talk about hitting the bullseye!


561 posted on 01/03/2008 12:51:23 AM PST by TheThinker (The search for the truth, about the world and ourselves, is what we ignore at our peril.)
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To: Samwise

LOL. We get around.


562 posted on 01/03/2008 2:01:52 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: Varmint Al

Great picture of Fred. I’m ‘borrowing’ it. Thanks.


563 posted on 01/03/2008 2:11:10 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: snippy_about_it

Good morning to both you and Samwolf! I hope the New Year finds you well.


564 posted on 01/03/2008 2:19:46 AM PST by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: tiredoflaundry

Good reporting. Thanks.


565 posted on 01/03/2008 2:22:12 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: penelopesire
...time to lose the monotone drawl that puts conservatives(and most everyone else) to sleep

Lose it? 'It' is 'southron'. Don't come down here okay. You'll just fall asleep. The South doesn't have a problem with Fred at all. His style will be familiar to folks down here. I expect him to do well in the SC primary.

566 posted on 01/03/2008 2:37:31 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: Graybeard58

To be honest, I’m glad tossup is gone. His/her drivel and BS was really getting to be boring.


567 posted on 01/03/2008 2:54:00 AM PST by upchuck (Attention Senator Clinton: Lying Is Stupid When The Truth Is So Easy To Find)
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To: carton253

Good morning. We are up early here and COLD! We are having an unusual cold snap here in the South, it’s only 19 degrees for heaven’s sake. At least there is no snow and it will be reaching the 70’s next week.

Is school over yet where you are? Are you back home yet?


568 posted on 01/03/2008 3:01:33 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: snippy_about_it

Two more weeks for this semester. I will be back home in June. I should be working on a paper... instead I am working on the second volume of the trilogy. Tell Sam its entitled: Let Us Fight It Out.


569 posted on 01/03/2008 3:03:39 AM PST by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: carton253

From the next room he says Yeah! And says to tell you he just picked up a book about Shiloh that he’s about to read, though he’d much rather be reading your stuff!!


570 posted on 01/03/2008 3:07:10 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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To: snippy_about_it

That is so very nice!


571 posted on 01/03/2008 3:18:46 AM PST by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: BlueNgold
That's now my new tag line.

U.S. Army Retired


572 posted on 01/03/2008 4:19:30 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("You can compromise your principals if you choose to, just don't ask me to compromise mine."~Rush)
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To: Graybeard58

Good news, he was an idiot!


573 posted on 01/03/2008 4:57:57 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Khepri

There is more money elsewhere...


574 posted on 01/03/2008 6:06:47 AM PST by counterpunch (ABH - Anybody But Huckabee)
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To: Tossup

I like Fred, I respect him, but I don’t believe Zogby’s polls. I think we will see the following results in Iowa:

dems

1) Obama
2) Edwards
3) Hillary
4) Richardson

Repubs:

1) Huckabee
2) Romney
3) McCain
4) Thompson


575 posted on 01/03/2008 6:10:54 AM PST by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: moose2004

I think Fred will be a strong third, or a statistical 2nd with Huckabee.


576 posted on 01/03/2008 6:12:44 AM PST by Yaelle (If Fred loses it's our loss. Not his.)
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To: Graybeard58; Jim Robinson
You know, with the length of time he was here, and with the potentially privileged knowledge he had about the Politico article, I wonder if he was somehow involved in the Politico’s hit piece on Thompson
577 posted on 01/03/2008 6:16:57 AM PST by ConservativeMind
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To: fluffdaddy
If voters want vacuous soundbites there are plenty of choices.
And voters seem to be making those choices instead of Fred. It's not working for him. He's barely even in this race anymore because of this sort of thing. Fred is running for the nomination all wrong. Primaries are an audition for the general election. Voters are looking for the candidate who is going to win it for their team in the general. Demonstrating to your party that you can package a powerful, concise message into a soundbite goes a long way to securing their nomination. Demonstrating that you can take the fight to the other side does too. At least showing you have some fight and aren't going to roll over like Bob Dole. This has always been Fred's challenge. Showing he's committed, that he's got the fight in him we're going to need against the Clinton Machine. Showing that he will take his experience to the voters and challenge anyone to best it.
 
578 posted on 01/03/2008 6:20:14 AM PST by counterpunch (ABH - Anybody But Huckabee)
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To: moose2004

heh - we should start a prediction thread:

Hillary
Edwards
Richardson
Obama

Huckabee
Thompson
Romney
Paul
McCain


579 posted on 01/03/2008 6:20:54 AM PST by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his recent Liberal Definitive Stands.)
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To: RatsDawg

SNORT!!! :-)

One thing you can say about Ol’ Harry—he’s consistent!!
(Consistently WRONG, that is, Bwahahahahahahaha!!!)


580 posted on 01/03/2008 7:18:19 AM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud RUSH REPUBLICAN! WIN, FRED, WIN!!!)
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