Fred thinking about October now?
posted at 7:08 pm on August 27, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Who knows anymore? An Indianapolis TV station says he told them the announcement would come in “either September or October.” He told Politico today, though, that he expects September to be a big fundraising month, which pretty clearly suggests he’s planning to announce in the first few days. The only thing I can think of to explain him holding out October as a possibility is that he still doesn’t have things together organizationally — a theory supported by the fact that his campaign lost another top staffer today. Romney supporter Dean Barnett crows that the wheels are coming off this bus, and fast. Are they? Politico:
[S]ome operatives close to the Thompson campaign continue to express concern about staff turmoil and organizational shortcomings. The rumblings are raising questions more broadly among Republican insiders about whether Thompson has the discipline and zeal to wage a winning campaign — much less craft a message that can distinguish himself from the current crop of GOP contenders…
A Thompson source, requesting anonymity to speak candidly, voiced concern that Team Fred is still not ready for a the pressure cooker of a presidential campaign.
“There is no question that from a political standpoint, the testing-the-waters committee is right where it needs to be,” this person said, “but from a personnel standpoint, it’s a completely different story.”…
Asked if the installation of Bill Lacy, Thompson’s close friend and the strategist from his first Senate race, had brought order to the operation, the Thompson source said, “It hasn’t yet.”
Follow the link to Ambinder’s site up above and you’ll see that the staffer Lacy fired today was hand-picked by Jeri, suggesting that her allegedly tight hold on the campaign is going to loosen up pronto. Barnett agrees with the CW expressed by Politico’s source that a campaign in disarray is not the hallmark of a competent chief executive, but I think the ludicrous hype Fred himself has nurtured by flirting with conservatives for so long is as much to blame, if not more. Here’s what Politico’s been reduced to by way of discerning his intention. It’s the print equivalent of an O’Reilly body language segment:
For the interview, Thompson sported a navy three-button, pin-striped suit without the tie he’d don later for his address to the Midwest Republican Leadership Conference. He was friendly enough in offering a seat — “We got it all warmed up for ya” — but didn’t seem overly enthusiastic when answering the obligatory questions about his state of affairs. He wasn’t overly defensive in tone, but neither did he seem to get terribly animated about much of anything.
One other tidbit from Politico: a campaign source tells them Fred is almost a definite no for the Fox debate on September 5. You’ll recall that Chris Wallace had been told to expect him there. Why on earth would he miss an opportunity that sweet to introduce himself to the public?
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Getting real tired of Fred here. He better enter soon or even the Fredheads will dump him.
Kevin43 on August 27, 2007 at 7:13 PM
It’s worse than you think, AP. Fred means September or October 2008.
Kensington on August 27, 2007 at 7:13 PM
Well right now his campaign is spinning because of in ability to get good people for it. This is one reason why starting late has hurt Fred most of the qualified people have already joined other campaigns.
Fred has had to either used people who havent signed on yet or people who have been out of politics for a while.
Of course another problem is like republicans right now he believe that the only talent in politics exists in Washington DC and no where else.
We are finding out that isnt true anymore
William Amos on August 27, 2007 at 7:13 PM
I’m about tired of this Fred! tease. He had my support about three months ago. Two months ago I began to have my doubts. One month ago I started to regard him as a joke. Now I’m about sick of reading his name.
Are we sure he isn’t on some secret DNC payroll?
SailorDave on August 27, 2007 at 7:14 PM
Fred, **** or get off the pot. Please.
Number 2 on August 27, 2007 at 7:18 PM
There are a lot of Fred? supporters tapping their foot waiting for him to announce… sorry couldn’t resist the pun.
Bradky on August 27, 2007 at 7:20 PM
Dean Barnett has a pretty good point about executive skills and Fred’s apparent lack thereof.
Iamthisclose to asking for my donation back.
Bad Penny on August 27, 2007 at 7:21 PM
Kevin43 on August 27, 2007 at 7:13 PM
This sentence is just funny. “We’re tired of you! Get on T.V. more!!!”
VolMagic on August 27, 2007 at 7:24 PM
Don’t bother.
PRCalDude on August 27, 2007 at 7:24 PM
Gee….I wonder if any of the other candidates might have something to do with Fred!’s tire problems….nah…that wouldn’t happen…no ego’s involved here.
That said……future world events might still put this train back on the track.
Limerick on August 27, 2007 at 7:24 PM
Id imagine he could pick up new staff from the Mccain campaign ;-) —————–
seriously though, I think he waited too long. Unless he does something remarkable and makes the rest of the field look stupid, I dont see him winning the GOP nomination
offroadaz on August 27, 2007 at 7:26 PM
Yeah…..it’s become a big turn off.
Tease time is over – happy end it, or watch your step on the way out.
Tru2my2 on August 27, 2007 at 7:27 PM
September or bust. I’m tired of waiting.
jdawg on August 27, 2007 at 7:27 PM
I will not vote for Fred anymore
Ropera on August 27, 2007 at 7:31 PM
Jeeze. Talk about fair weather fans.
VolMagic on August 27, 2007 at 7:32 PM
Fred, go away, you bore me. Never supported him, I knew then why and still do. Duncan Hunter is the man. But, yes I know what’s going to be said.
MNDavenotPC on August 27, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Of what year?
Why? It’s not like someone’s doing something to him, attacking him or his numbers are lower. He’s holding his announcement off until God knows when, and people are getting tired of waiting around for him. If he takes this long to announce when he knows he has a lot of support, how long is he going to take to make a decision when he only has the support from a few, but knows it’s the right thing?
amerpundit on August 27, 2007 at 7:38 PM
I think you mean Mitt supporters, wasn’t the foot tapper with Mitt? Wasn’t the tapper one of two front men? No wonder Mitt kept him in front.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 7:39 PM
I think I’m done with the “Non Campaign-Campaign.” If you can’t make a decision to get into the race over the course of months, how effective will he be as the leader of the free world? No thanks.
robblefarian on August 27, 2007 at 7:39 PM
Prepare to groan.
It’s the “Hunt for Fred October.”
Mojave Mark on August 27, 2007 at 7:40 PM
It was a joke
Bradky on August 27, 2007 at 7:40 PM
Fred!:
This Fred!head is not making a donation to your campaign until you are an official candidate. If you want my money, you better get it together. I am still on your bandwagon, but I am getting a little tired waiting for the horses to start pulling. (See, I can do folksy metaphors too!)
Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 7:42 PM
The boat is picking up speed…we can see the fin in the water!…Fonzie is approaching the ramp!……
ronsfi on August 27, 2007 at 7:43 PM
Just curious. For those here who, were not happy with the Republican nominees before Fred began his tease, became a Fredhead, and then grew tired and frustrated with whom he picked as campaign managers (among many other issues), you are now left with the same group that didn’t appeal to you before. Now what? Again, I’m not asking for Rudy or Mitt supporters to answer this, I’m asking this of former Fredheads whom are now reconsidering?
Weight of Glory on August 27, 2007 at 7:43 PM
No groan here; thought it was quite clever.
Weight of Glory on August 27, 2007 at 7:44 PM
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Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 7:45 PM
LOL…ok let me get this straight…
Fred! comes up to the camera on Thanksgiving Day…..gives a speech to make Iran a glass factory, Saudi Arabia a Chevron Station, Hugo Chavez into a salad, and put a 25 foot tall fence on the border and
………you wouldn’t vote for him no-matter-no-how-no-way cause he ain’t worthy!
Ok…..what-ever…..
Limerick on August 27, 2007 at 7:46 PM
Guys… the primaries are 5 months away yet. And let’s not forget that the July-no-September announcement dates came from the media and their anonymous sources- not Fred himself.
He’s reorganizing the campaign before he announces. Big freakin deal. Come Feb 5th will anyone care about shakeups in his campaign staff now?
That said, waiting till October would be a mistake, but I don’t see that happening.
Hollowpoint on August 27, 2007 at 7:47 PM
So what if he announces in October, who cares, what is happening? Obama is making stupid statements about New Orleans, and bombing countries. The dems are scared to death of Hillary, the news media has only the dems to focus on, and they are at least exposing how idiotic they look. Sit back and watch the dems implode. As soon as he enters, the MSM will focus it’s bias on the Republicans. Right now they have to report on the Dems.
Every couple of weeks, Fred gets some exposure, but nothing really negative. What would have happend if he would have picked a foot tapping, bathroom stall cruising, front man? Instead Mitt is going to be dodging bullets for the next few days. And they will try to pin this bathroom cruising mentality onto Mitt.
He should wait for the right cycle. When the dems don’t have their foot in their mouth, and Rudy and Mitt have stopped defending themselves to the MSM.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 7:47 PM
While waiting for csdeven to show up, let me reiterate my support for Fred by saying that she shouldn’t have to declare because, quite frankly, he shouldn’t have to run at all. He should just declare himself supreme ruler of America and start taking numbers and kicking asses. The fact that he is even considering going through the silly process of running in a pansy popularity contest shows that he is really a softie inside which, itself, should be the only thing that should bother you. I would much prefer him to march into the command room at NORAD in Cheyenne mountain and declare in his trademark booming voice:
“I’m in charge here. General, get those birds ready to fly.”
That is the only declaration needed to fix what ails us.
jihadwatcher on August 27, 2007 at 7:48 PM
Eggzakry! The bar fight has begun! Put down the girl, cowboy up and start swingin’ or get the hell out of the bar!
ronsfi on August 27, 2007 at 7:49 PM
I gotta say, I agree. He’s the only one with the authoritative presence in my book.
TinMan13 on August 27, 2007 at 7:50 PM
Whoa! That’s breaking news baby!
Weight of Glory on August 27, 2007 at 7:54 PM
To which the puzzled General would cautiously reply, “Uh Sir, you do realize we only react to incoming threats. I can put you on the phone with STRATCOM if you want to discuss where our command and control of nukes is accomplshed from…”
Bradky on August 27, 2007 at 7:55 PM
Limerick on August 27, 2007 at 7:46 PM
Maybe, maybe not.
jdawg on August 27, 2007 at 7:59 PM
Can we move on from him now that Fred! is now Fred?
He keeps putting the announcement off again and again. I do not care what his credentials are, he seems too tepid and namby pamby. Unwilling to jump in with both feet. Does the guy want to be president or no?
William Teach on August 27, 2007 at 8:06 PM
Like I’ve said before on these threads….
‘How many presents did mommy and daddy let you open before Christmas?’
Limerick on August 27, 2007 at 8:07 PM
Fred! better not make me wait too much longer. There is a limit. But as to the question about what a former Fredfolk does in this situation, let me just reiterate this fact.
The only one left with any real chance after Fred (for me) is Rudy. He’s got a shot at taking votes from the Dems, and is at least holding first hand experience with dealing with the concept of Terrorism.
Some of the others, like Huckabee and Tancredo et al sound good but don’t have a snowball’s chance.
As to Mitt – once again – a politician from the Communist State of Massachusetts has little chance to get my vote. A Republican from that state has got to be a Manchurian Candidate.
So, Fred! Announce already, or I’m gonna have to vote for Rudy.
tickleddragon on August 27, 2007 at 8:08 PM
Hiya Matthew Lewis. Is this another of your brilliant satires?
As to the Fred? contingent’s response? Laughably predictable. Once again Fred proves he’s either spineless or he can’t control his own campaign staff. Will we be seeing a non-candidate in the September 5th debate? Nah, Fred’s “too good” to be asked questions by anybody. Trust him, he’s done loads of things for conservatives in the past. Things like campaign finance reform! Things like fancy radio addresses! Things like regurgitated speeches from 20 years ago! Things like funneling PAC money to his son! He was on TV as the DA of New York! He’s the perfect speak-loudly-small-stick conservative candidate! Go Hillary! I mean, uh, go Fred!
BKennedy on August 27, 2007 at 8:08 PM
Not so Bradky, Cheyenne Mountain is home to elements of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the U.S. Strategic Command, the U.S. Air Force Space Command, and the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). It was designed as a command and control center. Ultimately, no organization can launch a missile without the proper authorization. So the command and control rests with the president. This is why we need Fred to march in there and take over as supreme ruler of America.
jihadwatcher on August 27, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Heh!
Weight of Glory on August 27, 2007 at 8:11 PM
Well, none.
But they also didn’t dangle the presents in front of me every day while telling me how awesome they were.
Slublog on August 27, 2007 at 8:12 PM
C’mon! This is unsubstantiated scuttlebutt! We know fred? has done this before, meaning, he refuses to quash the rumor. Let’s see what happens over the next few days. If he doesn’t announce and doesn’t refute it, those inactions just supports my theory that fred? is purposely trying to scuttle his own campaign so he can funnel his “testing the waters” funds to his family through a PAC. I been asking you fred?heads what the FEC says about those funds. Does he have to return them by law, or does he get to keep them? As of yet, no answer. Hmmmm. Enquiring minds want to know? Groupies don’t care, because they don’t want to know if they have possible been snookered.
csdeven on August 27, 2007 at 8:18 PM
Try not to let that soapbox get too high, your family namesakes might mistake you for one of their own.
SNARK! :)
tickleddragon on August 27, 2007 at 8:19 PM
If Fred’s issues and debate coaches still haven’t given him a passing grade after all this time, they probably never will. Sink or swim, Fred should announce and attend this next Fox News debate. If he doesn’t, hopefully Newt will!
FloatingRock on August 27, 2007 at 8:20 PM
Great metaphor.
amerpundit on August 27, 2007 at 8:20 PM
Way to inject some reality into the fred?ites mantras. The fred?heads NEVER go far enough (because of their slavish devotion to a lying fake who never did anything except attack free speech, cheat the PAC system, act a roll, and lobby mostly for scumbags) in analyzing the truth about freddie boy.
csdeven on August 27, 2007 at 8:25 PM
See, sometimes I wonder how people are so stupid that they think a person’s state of origin or governance is somehow the be-all and end-all description of their beliefs. Where are you from tickledragon, should I just assume if you’re from the south you’re a stupid hick from flyover country.
What other fun with stereotypes can we have?
BKennedy on August 27, 2007 at 8:27 PM
I had an open mind about him, but not any more. It’s becoming clear that he just doesn’t want it badly enough. That’s a big turn off. Still Rudy and Mitt. They both want it very badly!
jeanie on August 27, 2007 at 8:31 PM
I was tired of Fred weeks ago. His refusal to enter the fray, debate the other candidates and launch this “internet” campaign does not impress me at all. I haven’t been impressed with his TV appearances or his speeches. He’s about as interesting as watching grass grow.
WillT on August 27, 2007 at 8:31 PM
Do your own research if you want to know. If you know, share the link.
Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 8:33 PM
Let’s see, you’re from a New England clan full of Democrats that never got over their brother’s death and has jammed up the Congress with distructive liberal legislation for years, not to mention some very questionable personal behavior including the manslaughter of a young lady in a pond.
Want to keep going?
Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 8:38 PM
Can’t control his campaign, he isn’t the one with a guy cruising the bathrooms looking to win the
erection, um, election. I believe that is Mitt.right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 8:39 PM
I believe he has to return them or give them to the Republican campaign.
I know he cannot keep the money.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 8:40 PM
Maybe he thinks with his standing in most polls, that he can just ride the wave a little longer without spending much money. He does need to work on his stump speech, that’s for sure. I watched his ‘talk’ to the Midwest Republican Leacership Conference and it was lackluster. I thought Huckabee did a much better job. (For the record, I like both of them).
CP on August 27, 2007 at 8:41 PM
Check the mission statements of USSTRATCOM and NORAD. NORAD has nothing to do with launch decisions. They report but the NCA executes launch orders through USSTRATCOM.
Supreme Ruler? Maybe to Jeri but he can’t even decide to run or not and you want him to be in charge of our military??
Bradky on August 27, 2007 at 8:41 PM
Check the mission statements of USSTRATCOM and NORAD. NORAD has nothing to do with launch decisions. They report but the NCA executes launch orders through USSTRATCOM.
Supreme Ruler? Maybe to Jeri but he can’t even decide whether to run or not and you want him to be in charge of our military??
Bradky on August 27, 2007 at 8:42 PM
So far, Fred has done the unthinkable, he has delayed announcing his candidancy. Oh my God, unbelievable, he hasn’t formally announced. Why he may lose a dozen votes from voters upset that he has not announced. Reagan announced in November…anyway, Fred just cannot keep people in suspense, he just can’t keep getting this free publicity, while the other candiadates are imploding. Mitt is going to be defending or running (we will see what kind of friend he is) from his foot tapping associate, Rudy is fighting the press about family issues, McCain is still reeling from his border fiasco, Hillary is being pounded by polls saying she is defective, Obama is a child in a sandbox of life still, and Fred is unscathed (except for the nevrvous dozen who want him to announce)…who is the smart one?
He hits the ground running, not enough time to worry about the past, we have the future to look to, and the future is just a few months away. The other candidates…heard that stump speech for the past 18 months, yaaaawn.
Not sayin he is the man to vote for, but he is doing the right thing, don’t overexpose.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 8:52 PM
Yeah, cause we all know Mass is run by Republicans. What was the letter after Senator Kennedy’s name again? Oh, that’s right, (D). What letter is after John Edwards’ name? Why, (D). So I take it then, since John Edwards is from South Carolina he must be introducing conservative legislation left and right.
Michelle corresponds mostly from the DC area IIRC, that must mean that whenever she speaks she’s a mouthpiece for Washington insiders, because that is where she’s corresponding from.
Bill O’Reilly hosts out of New York and presumably lives there. That must mean he’s an evil NYC liberal. He’s from New York!
Where are you from Mallard T. Drake? I (sadly) live in Massachusetts, so I’d recommend you not try and lump whatever Republican contingent we have left here with your further idiocy. Anyone who bases their vote on the geographic origin of anyone, as if hills and vales and arbitrary political boundaries are the sole determinant of a person’s values probably shouldn’t be voting in the first place, if their decision matrix is that weak.
BKennedy on August 27, 2007 at 8:55 PM
I haven’t read all the comments, but I am pretty sure Fred can’t fundraise money that will be used during the campaign until he announces.
bnelson44 on August 27, 2007 at 8:55 PM
I have been a big Fred fan. Even donated $. But now I am thinking I want someone in the Whitehouse that thinks more in terms of preemption .
I may be switching to Rudy, although Tancredo is awesome.
TheSitRep on August 27, 2007 at 8:57 PM
If displaying indecisivenesses and playing musical chairs with staff is doing the right thing, then absolutely…go Fred.
Slublog on August 27, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Uh no, what Fred has done, madame groupie, is say: “We’re gonna start the fight in July! No! August! No! September! No! I mean, October! Yeah, October, that’s the ticket!”
It isn’t the announcement date we care about, it’s that Fred thinks we’re too stupid to see through his facade. Maybe Fred has you entranced with his manly 6 foot-something charm, but for those of us who aren’t easily cowed by a fraud and a hack actor, we find his constant tooling around an annoyance. Fred is already the weakest candidate on substance and action, why should I put up with his clowning around too? Fred’s campaign was dead before it ever officially started, and all this tooling around with his “big announcement,” plus his lack of managerial skills, is the reason why. Fred Thompson is a 6-foot something joke. That makes him the biggest joke I’ve ever seen.
BKennedy on August 27, 2007 at 9:02 PM
Hope Newt’s shining up that armor and grooming the white horse. Looks like he might have to come riding to the party’s rescue after all.
aero on August 27, 2007 at 9:05 PM
I won’t tell you that I live in Seattle, because I don’t want to be sterotyped as a flying moonbat liberal.
Actually, I live in one of the Seattle ‘burbs. Outside of Seattle, King County is conservative. President Bush was in Bellevue today for a fund raiser for Dave Reichart, a conservative Congressman from South King Co. Unfortunately we have more Jim McDermotts and Osama-Mama Patty Murrys in the area than we have Dave Reicharts.
Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 9:10 PM
Fish or cut bait, dammit.
meep on August 27, 2007 at 9:11 PM
Perhaps the latest “delay,” if in fact there is a delay, has to do with Newt being involved with Fred!’s campaign. Maybe he is advising Fred! on what he needs to do to get things in gear, which is taking a little time to tweak his organization. Who knows?
Mallard T. Drake on August 27, 2007 at 9:13 PM
The Hunt for a [F]Red November… the t-shirt.
MT on August 27, 2007 at 9:15 PM
Just forget it Fred.
Maxx on August 27, 2007 at 9:15 PM
Oh shut up you fool, the groupie thing is wearing thin, and so is your incessant whining. Read my other post and you will see I also support Mitt. How stupid does that make you feel?
Probably to ignorant to understand that some people want the strongest possible candidate.
Are you saying the others are pulling away from him in the polls? He is staying in second without announcing, what does that say about the other candidates that are out there pounding for votes?
Get it? No matter how you feel, he is beating everyone but Rudy, and the Dems are not making any real headway.
If you are such a Mitt-wit, why don’t you figure a way for him to improve his poll numbers? And tell him to pick guys who don’t cruise bathrooms to run his campaign. Get it?
Freds numbers will go up just watching the othes stumble over each other…get it? You campaign genius.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 9:17 PM
Here we go again. The Blessed St. Reagan (peace be upon him) declared in NOVEMBER people. Relax.
Mojave Mark on August 27, 2007 at 9:18 PM
My God, BKennedy…do you not know what “snark” means. Take a freakin’ breath.
Here’s a stereotype for you: Humorless, full-of-himself(herself) Yankee yahoo…having to put us yokels in line.
Yes, I’m from the south, but then if you’d been around here long enough, you’d have known that, and known that I was joking.
Get over yourself, and learn how to take a f’in joke.
Thanks, Mallard. It seems our Kennedy doesn’t understand a light hearted ribbing when he/she sees it. Shame really.
tickleddragon on August 27, 2007 at 9:18 PM
Somehow “zeal” and “discipline” are two words that do not leap to mind when picturing Fred.
I see “hushpuppies” and “yawnin’”.
profitsbeard on August 27, 2007 at 9:22 PM
Yes, Reagan did declare in November. Unfortunately, that was 28 years ago. With todays media outlets, and people having been involved for what, 6 to 8 months or so in actual campaigning, it is just not cutting it. Besides, as Bkennedy stated, Fred? has not engaged.
William Teach on August 27, 2007 at 9:24 PM
Thompson (despite the dwindling number of people here who think that the sun rises and sets on his big ass) is a flash in the pain. Rudy in ‘08!
Hilts on August 27, 2007 at 9:26 PM
This show was old over the forth of July.
oakpack on August 27, 2007 at 9:31 PM
Craig/Foley ‘08!
Sorry to say, but they’d probably have just as good a chance of getting elected as Newt would.
Big S on August 27, 2007 at 9:39 PM
I am so underwhelmed by Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney. I think that Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Ron Paul are the real McCoy — even if Paul’s views on foreign policy run different from my own. If I must vote for an inside-the-beltway type, give me McCain or Giuliani.
sanantonian on August 27, 2007 at 9:43 PM
My primary concern is that Fred has been burning up all of the conservative oxygen in the race and that he may turn out to be nothing more than a spoiler for other conservatives, such as Duncan Hunter. Hunter might’ve gotten more attention after the debates if Fred hadn’t been napping on the sidelines and siphoning off all of the aspirations of conservative voters. The longer Fred waits to enter the race the more damage he may cause to conservativism if he doesn’t turn out to be as stellar as all of the Fred! heads like to claim. I hope they’re right but, perhaps because I haven’t seen all of Fred’s movies and TV shows, I remain unconvinced.
When I listen to Fred’s ABC radio commentaries he sounds like he could be a persuasive candidate, but every other time I’ve heard him, when he wasn’t reading from a script that he might not have even written, I’ve been unimpressed. If he waits until November to enter the race then it may be too late for somebody like Newt to try to save the modern conservative movement from Rudy.
FloatingRock on August 27, 2007 at 9:45 PM
So does that mean if he does manage to win the nomination you’ll be voting for Hillary?
Only, and I mean ONLY, if he gets the nomination. With his views on abortion, immigration and the 2nd amendment, we’d just barely be electing someone better than Hillary.
Kowboy on August 27, 2007 at 9:48 PM
Fred, just get off the pot.
Christoph on August 27, 2007 at 10:00 PM
As the 0.001% of the voting public have made up their mind here I guess Fred! might as well go home. The Oracles of Proper Politics have decreed it!
Limerick on August 27, 2007 at 10:05 PM
We don’t have a national election so freds? national polling is garbage. Add to that equation that no one knows what he is except what he showed on some TV show he was on. The minute fred? is and equal in the field, his numbers might mean something. Right now all they show is that the fred?heads THINK fred? is an equal, when in fact, fred? is like a AA ball player bregging that he has more homers than a major leaguer. It’s pathetic.
csdeven on August 27, 2007 at 10:14 PM
It says to me that Fred is allowing himself to become the repository for conservative hopes and dreams without subjecting himself to the media or actual voters.
Slublog on August 27, 2007 at 10:17 PM
Yawn of the Fred. Somebody tell him it’s over.
thedecider on August 27, 2007 at 10:26 PM
As I’ve said before, Newt doesn’t even have to win the nomination to have a big impact on the election. He just needs to enter the race and he can raise the bar in terms of the quality of the public debate. In other words, he can drive the voters to expect genuine ideas and powerful speaking from the candidates on both sides. He can also drive the conservative movement back to the forefront of people’s minds by being a true advocate for conservative ideas. The current crop of candidates pale in comparison to Newt when it comes to generating ideas and pumping out a speech that conservatives can get excited about. If Newt himself is unelectable, fine. He should get in there and find out–and in the process, goose the existing candidates into being stronger candidates in order to beat him. Competition is the soul of a capitalist society, after all. More competition is always better for the consumer (voter).
aero on August 27, 2007 at 10:47 PM
I saw Fred at the Midwest Republican leadership Conference in Indy this past weekend. He stopped by a fundraising reception in a ballroom right outside the convention booths. He spoke for about 2 minutes (sans bodyguards, just staffers) and LEFT!!!!! (Jeez! Where’s the gratitude??)
OK Y’all, time for a draft.
Lothar on August 27, 2007 at 10:52 PM
Seriously, anyone who would consider voting for Fred at this point would be better served voting for Hillary.
She is the less fickle “female” of the two.
It seems Fred could get lost in the “great taste” vs, “less filling” debate ad infinitum, even when mulling over such mundane topics like Miller Lite beer.
awake on August 27, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Which blog is Fred? or his people reading?
How are they gauging the temp of his (declining) constituents?
Fred? Fred?
Tru2my2 on August 27, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Oh yeah, and to echo other enlightened sentiments on this thread;
Go Giuliani in 2008!!
awake on August 27, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Who cares when he decides to declare? It’s his decision, and as long as he does so before voting starts in the primaries, the option is still open. As it is, I am glad he is pushing it back. This election has started way too early, and I am already tired of it; because Fred Thompson has stayed on the fringe of attention, that has made him far more enticing to me than any of the other candidates who decided to jump into the election far too early.
CR UVa on August 27, 2007 at 11:12 PM
Fred looks dead.
How old is he? 80?
I saw him speak and found that fixing my ink jet printer to be more interesting.
mylegsareswollen on August 27, 2007 at 11:25 PM
But that’s just it – Fred? has not stayed on the fringe. He’s made sure to respond to kooks and such and such.
HA! I do agree with mylegblablabla…too old!
Tru2my2 on August 27, 2007 at 11:35 PM
What you wrote about polling could be true, but I remember last week when some positive numbers for Mitt came out you and the other Mitt-wits were crowing from the rooftop that the race was all but over.
Seems like the polls aren’t your friend anymore.
Numbers up, the polls are great…numbers down, the polls don’t mean anything.
fickle, fickle
And I bet, with this latest debacle, Mitt will be on the defensive for the next few days, and his numbers will go down. When something like what happend, happens during campaigning, all of the Republicans suffer. Mitt should have known better.
All the more reason for Fred (and the others) to step back and evaluate everything and everybody around them.
There is no reason for Fred to declare with the candidates self destructing. He doesn’t have to do anything when you have foolish people campaigning.
right2bright on August 27, 2007 at 11:38 PM
I’m tired of Fred? “thinking” about running.
I know a lot of great people who “think” about doing great things for America.
What is Fred? going to do when a decision has to be made about Iraq, or the border, or health care? Will he simply “think” his way through, test the waters via a poll?
If Fred? is this incompetent when it comes to running a campaign, then why should he even consider himself worthy enough to run the country?
Darnell Clayton on August 27, 2007 at 11:51 PM
Guess my FredThompson.TV domain sale will have to hold tight another month.
realVerse on August 28, 2007 at 12:01 AM
That Fred? would even give Michael Moore the time of day speaks volumes to me that he’s not ready for primetime. If it were me, I’d have just told the press, when asked anything Michael Moore related: “Who? Never heard of him.”
BKennedy on August 28, 2007 at 1:07 AM
No, really. Dude.
Karol on August 28, 2007 at 1:24 AM
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