Posted on 01/04/2008 4:17:23 AM PST by normy
I am wondering if any Fred supporters out there know what Freds strategy is in the coming weeks. I figure he will pretty much skip NH and shoot for a win in SC.
I am wondering if he will be saturating SC with commercials as well as personally campaigning hard there or will he try to do what he did in Iowa?
His web site is fairly vague on his plans and I want to start donating. I donated to Hunter early on but I don't know what that got me. If I start giving to Fred I want to know he has a plan to win this thing. At some point it will be time to start spending that cash. Any idea what specifically he has planed?
I understand his plan in Iowa but its getting time to establish himself considering he will lose big in NH and the media is already trying to write him off.
Fred needs money before he can do anything in S.C.
I’m donating more today!! Go Fred!! I was furious last night when as soon as he was tied with McCain instead of ahead, they moved McCain onto the graphics and dropped Fred. The MSM is doing it’s best to ditch him.
he is moving into NH to do some big events. Let’s hope that Huck fades out and Romney shows poorly!
The obvious media blackout of Thompson might become noticed on a larger scale.
It’s a funny situation for the media—their eagerness to ignore Fred is newsworthy in itself.
I assume Fred has a good southern strategy.
Debates are important right now. I think those alone will help Fred especially if the number of candidates is pared down a bit.
I know thats not huge money but its enough to get the ball rolling there. If Fred spent 1/4 of Romney in Iowa I believe he would have won the thing and Romney would be toast.
More than six million on hand means that yes, money would be nice, but contrary to the Politico's lies, the campaign has money to go on. Little bit more from me this morning too.
You gotta laugh or cry at the fact that although two people are tied percentage wise the one with the greater amount of votes is placed behind the one with the fewer.
Back in the early days of the 2000 presidential campaign, right after John McCain beat George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary, there were many dire media predictions along the lines of, “If Bush doesn’t turn things around quickly it could turn into a McCain rout.”
Before a vote had been cast or a caucus convened, pundits of all stripes were touting a two-candidate race between former governors Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, virtually ignoring worthies like Duncan Hunter (who is not campaigning in Iowa) and especially the eminently electable Fred Thompson. It’s enough to make one wonder, that if a conservative makes a point and it’s not acknowledged by the media, does he make a sound?
But in order to convince conservatives that they really know what’s good for them, the media has dusted off its favorite Reaganism: that Thompson is lazy and worse; that he doesn’t really ‘want’ the job enough. And, in the eyes of the 24/7 cable news cyclists, this is the ultimate crime.
As is not kissing their ass.
Surf the internet and check out the conservative forums, especially the granddaddy of them all, FreeRepublic.com, to see who garners the most support among them. If voters have any say in elections anymore, the press may yet have to deal with men like Thompson, should their early attempts at marginalizing him fail.
I agree, Fred can do alot in the debates. And it seems obvious he realizes it. Good omen.
BTW, anyone know the debate times and channels?
***Debates are important right now. I think those alone will help Fred especially if the number of candidates is pared down a bit.***
It is also funny that the MSM is calling Hillary’s 3rd place finish “a virtual tie for second”.
I say, bypass NH, its a RINO playground anwyay, and head straight for SC. Continue the internet efforts to raise money, get his platform out to the SC people, and beat the street.
He might actually finish behind Paul in NH. I’m saying this as a Fred supporter. It doesn’t seem that the Thompson campaign is putting any effort into NH. Look for a fifth-place finish here.
I don’t think they’re marginalizing him. If anything, they’re marginalizing Rooty. Most pundits I’ve seen are talking about Huckabee, Romney, Thompson, and McCain. I’ll gladly vote for either of the latter two, and but not either of the first two.
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