March’s 2008 GOP straw poll
posted at 12:15 pm on March 27, 2007 by Ian
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Fred! and Condi
Tony737 on March 27, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Fredmania, Baby! Catch it!
KelliD on March 27, 2007 at 12:35 PM
NO NO NO NOT Condi. Steele’s the man to run with Thompson.
stenwin77 on March 27, 2007 at 12:38 PM
“I’m a lefty troll.”
HAH! I take it this is not a scientific poll…but close enough for the MSM.
saint kansas on March 27, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Love it…he’s not even running, but kickin’ everyone else’s a$$!!
Yay, Fred!
tickleddragon on March 27, 2007 at 12:40 PM
I also would not have used the loaded term “Ultraconservative” in the poll.
The preferred scientific term is “Extra-Chromosome Right Wing.”
saint kansas on March 27, 2007 at 12:42 PM
I love Fred but we are in trouble if a guy who hasn’t announced yet with very little political experience can explode to the front like this. Though the hot first lady would be worth it.
Valiant on March 27, 2007 at 12:44 PM
I find it interesting that New Gingrich is losing to a social liberal. Hmm.
amerpundit on March 27, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Two years of this?
PinkyBigglesworth on March 27, 2007 at 12:51 PM
I don’t understand the reflexive need some people seem to have to attach Condi to any Republican ticket… her stance on most issues is completely unkown, and here performance as Secretary of State has been ineffectual at best. Sorry, but being a female black Republican isn’t enough of a reason.
Watcher on March 27, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Exactly. If Condi were an effective conservative, Bush would have thrown her under the bus loke John Bolton and Porter Goss.
Valiant on March 27, 2007 at 12:57 PM
“loke” = “like”
Valiant on March 27, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Wow … Fred is kicking butt!
darwin on March 27, 2007 at 1:05 PM
You’re right about that, Valiant.
Kind of tells you something about the condition of our party when an anti-gun, pro-choice candidate is leading the pack.
I think that alot of GOPer’s are just looking for a real conservative to inspire them. Get the juices flowing again after realizing one disappointment after another the last few years. To me, “very little political experience” is a positive attribute right now.
So, until the wheels come off – GO Fred! Thompson/Steele in 08′
BacaDog on March 27, 2007 at 1:33 PM
Nothing like going politically nutso in March, two years before an actual vote for President.
How about we do straw polls with people actually running, or are we to the point that we have to assemble a fantasy candidate then try to draft them?
Let’s not be Deaniacs, folks. Let them decide to run, then we’ll pick & choose.
Nethicus on March 27, 2007 at 1:43 PM
Yeah, but Mrs. Fred Thompson is stil HOT.
Valiant on March 27, 2007 at 1:48 PM
Fred Thompson has my vote.
msipes on March 27, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Just because Fred hasn’t made any official announcements yet doesn’t mean he isn’t running… there is plenty of reason to believe that he might make such an announcement at some point, so I don’t see what the hell is so unreasonable about people wanting to show him some support, especially considering the general crappiness of the “official” candidates we’ve seen so far.
Watcher on March 27, 2007 at 2:02 PM
Its funny but you see nothing on HuffPo about Thompson. They must really be scared of him.
Sven on March 27, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Thompson/Pence’08
tormod on March 27, 2007 at 2:12 PM
Does this mean we’re grasping at straws?
RedinBlueCounty on March 27, 2007 at 2:39 PM
The nutroots think Fred is such a light weight they are begging for us to nominate him. Be careful what you wish for Cinderella.
Limerick on March 27, 2007 at 2:56 PM
Fred is running away with it
RightWinged on March 27, 2007 at 3:34 PM
It’s amazing how people have turned on Condi. When she was the NSA and playing “Bad Cop” everybody on the Right loved her. Now that she’s the SoS and playing “Good Cop” nobody likes her anymore. As the SoS, she HAS to play Good Cop, that’s her job. I don’t like it either but I see it for what it is … a requirement. If she had stayed on as the NSA, she’d still be the badass everybody loved and admired. Back then she was the rock star of the Pubbie party, but now she’s a rino? C’mon. She hasn’t changed, her job description has. I think she is willing to sacrifice her standing with Pubbies in order to advance the Bush Admin’s policies. Condi is the one person I believe will do the most to continue the Bush Doctrine of Pre-emption, a doctrine she helped author. At her age I’d like to see her as the VP to an older Prez, but it MUST be a Prez willing to fight islamoterrorists AND the nations that support them. McCain will fight too but other than that he’s useless. Rudy is an executive, that’s a major plus for him, but his right/left ratings not too good. Mitt is a Gov., the preferred previous job. I wish Fred had been a Gov, but other than that, he’s The Man.
Fred/Condi or Fred/JEB or Condi/JEB or Fred/Steele or Fred/Mitt or Mitt/Condi or GunneyErmey/Condi or JoeArpio/Condi or …
ANYBODY but Hillary!
Tony737 on March 27, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Newt and Thompson better announce soonish
- The Cat
MirCat on March 27, 2007 at 3:55 PM
For Nethicus,
Senator Thompson has been making public comments that he was weighing the possibility of running for more than four months now.
He has done numerous interviews, makes his views fairly plain during his substitute gigs on Paul Harvey’s News and Commentary (which he is currently doing through this week), and his voting record as Senator from Tennesseee is both available and telling regarding his positions.
Add his multi-layered celebrity status, the fact that he has proven bona-fides as a non-partisan Watergate investigator, and an almost perfect plain-spoken downhome persona, and there’s no mystery to his “instant” popularity.
It would, at this point, be ridiculous NOT to include him in the straw polls, as the results prove quite convincingly.
Thompson/Tancredo
Freelancer on March 27, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Fred Thompson was my first pick; I’d liked to have been able to put Duncan Hunter there, but unfortunately I had to factor in electibility.
Hunter has a long hill to climb to lead the ticket. He’d be great as VP for 4-8 years then have a good chance to step up to President. I like Steele for VP too.
LegendHasIt on March 27, 2007 at 5:45 PM
So have I. In fact, I’ve announced, but nobody’s taking me seriously. And I have a warchest that has $12.84 and a twofer coupon at Wendy’s!
My point is that he hasn’t announced diddly. I like the support, and I’d certainly support him, if he runs. In the meantime, I’m going to be spending my energy on candidates who have announced because they’re the real deal, not figments of a wishful imagination.
It’s also ludicrous to have these polls so early. I’d say 90% of those voting in the straw polls don’t know anything about most of the candidates in the field. They like Rudi- they vote Rudi. They like Thompson– they vote Thompson. We’re still in the infancy of a 2008 — 2008 — political campaign, and we’re already selecting our guy and his Veep.
What’s worse is that a such an early season has the capability of stripping the relevance of a later campaign. Suppose Thompson declares, gets so much support that the other candidates suspend or drop out, and then some huge skeleton walks out of the closet in November. What then? By that time we’ve already discarded 7-8 worthy candidates who dropped out before a primary even rolled around in February.
I find it amazing that Thompson’s not-running has had the biggest impact on Newt, somebody else not-running. I think that illustrates the absurdity of so much focus on the campaign so early.
It also distracts from issues in Congress we should be concentrating on.
Nethicus on March 27, 2007 at 7:18 PM
I bet you all the lint in my pocket that it’s because a lot of Newt votes shifted to Thompson
- The Cat
P.S. This is why I want run off elections for everything. If we had them in ‘92 and ‘96 Bill Clinton would be just like any other rapist.
MirCat on March 27, 2007 at 8:01 PM
Very little what? Excuse me, but Fred!’s been in politics for a very long time, in an impressive variety of roles.
– He’s the man who, in his capacity as co-chief counsel to the Senate investigating committee, coined the question, “What did he know, and when did he know it?”, while interrogating John Dean about Richard Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate coverup. That’s 1973.
– He was a politically appointed U.S. attorney from 1968-1972.
– He worked as a registered lobbyist on behalf of Westinghouse and General Electric for nearly two decades, mostly pushing for deregulation.
– In 1977, he led the investigation against TN Governor Ray Blanton for selling prison pardons, the story of which became a movie. Fred played himself, which launched his acting career.
– In 1991 he was registered with the U.S. government as an official foreign agent for a D.C. law firm representing overseas U.S. business interests.
– In 1994 he ran and was elected to fill Al Gore’s uncompleted senate term. He was reelected in 1996, both elections by landslides of note in Tennessee history. That’s 8 years of RECENT senate service.
– His voting record is public information, and his views when spoken are never shaded by legalese, in spite of his training as an attorney.
Senator Fred Dalton Thompson has more political experience than the vast majority of members serving in elected office today. Rethink your statement.
Freelancer on March 28, 2007 at 2:25 AM
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