Saturday, January 20, 2007
President Fred?
ElaphantBiz says a former Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee may very well be in the presidential mix before the year is over (and the Senator in question ain't Bill Frist):
"Might [Fred] Thompson be prepping for a presidential run? He says he isn't running, but perhaps he is, unconventionally, courting Republican conservatives in case that when the field clears later this year it becomes obvious that, of the three likely to still be in the race, neither Arizona Sen. John McCain nor former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a chance at the conservative vote, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's support among social conservatives is brittle and based less on a love for Romney than on their distaste for the other two. In that scenario, a late entry by Thompson could rapidly erode Romney's support and likely take down McCain too as Thompson does well with moderates and independents.
"America once elected a president whose resume included stints as an elected official, an actor and a radio commentator - twice, actually, the second time in a landslide. It's not impossible that they could have the chance to do so again."
Fred Thompson is now doing radio commentary on the Paul Harvey Show, which, as ElephantBiz points out, reaches 22 million listeners per week. You can listen to Thompson's latest commentary, in which he disses members of the congressional cut-and-run caucus, here. A sample:
"Is it really in our country’s best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? Doesn’t such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle?"
"Might [Fred] Thompson be prepping for a presidential run? He says he isn't running, but perhaps he is, unconventionally, courting Republican conservatives in case that when the field clears later this year it becomes obvious that, of the three likely to still be in the race, neither Arizona Sen. John McCain nor former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a chance at the conservative vote, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's support among social conservatives is brittle and based less on a love for Romney than on their distaste for the other two. In that scenario, a late entry by Thompson could rapidly erode Romney's support and likely take down McCain too as Thompson does well with moderates and independents.
"America once elected a president whose resume included stints as an elected official, an actor and a radio commentator - twice, actually, the second time in a landslide. It's not impossible that they could have the chance to do so again."
Fred Thompson is now doing radio commentary on the Paul Harvey Show, which, as ElephantBiz points out, reaches 22 million listeners per week. You can listen to Thompson's latest commentary, in which he disses members of the congressional cut-and-run caucus, here. A sample:
"Is it really in our country’s best interest to signal to the enemy that they probably only have to wait us out a little longer because congressional determination to defeat them is crumbling? Doesn’t such a resolution further diminish our chances for success at the very time our soldiers are preparing to go into battle?"
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Saturday, January 20, 2007 
