Comments on: Fred Thompson: McCain’s Worst Enemy

By: Keating Five « Red Tory v.3.0

Keating Five « Red Tory v.3.0 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:57:20 +0000

[...] the John McCain I knew.” That was John Dowd throwing his former client during the Keating scandal under the bus for Fred Thompson just a few short months [...]

By: Keating Economics: McCain Counsel Calls Investigation A Political Hit Job | NewsMesh

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:37:35 +0000

[...] am very sorry to see what’s happened to John,” Dowd said. “I don’t think his campaign is being well run. It’s been over-managed. He blew [...]

By: McCain Counsel Calls Keating Investigation A Political Hit Job | NewsMesh

McCain Counsel Calls Keating Investigation A Political Hit Job | NewsMesh — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:56:52 +0000

[...] am very sorry to see what’s happened to John,” Dowd said. “I don’t think his campaign is being well run. It’s been over-managed. He blew [...]

By: RON

RON — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:09:26 +0000

2008 PREDICTION

GORE – EDWARDS

THOMPSON – MC CAIN

2008 WINNERS

THOMPSON – MC CAIN

UNBEATABLE COMBO

By: mvdg

mvdg — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:01:05 +0000

Timo: I agree with you about Romney’s potential.

By the way, I vote for go ahead and endorse Romney!

lol – i’m sure you do.

Kim: I agree with that, but how is Giuliani, for instance, behaving like a faux Reaganite? He has taken a pro-choice stance; he is tough on terror, yes, but that’s him… what’s fake reagan about him?

By: Timotheus

Timotheus — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:02:54 +0000

Polling seems to suggest Thompson hurts McCain and Giuliani the most but it is hard to sort out the recent disenchantment with Giuliani’s efforts to explain his being for and against abortion at the same time and the backlash over McCain’s efforts to provide visas for those who came to the U.S. illegally.

Romney holds steady though. There is some evidence his supporters are more loyal in their support. His political star is rising steadily and not in one shot of interest, like Giuliani’s and Thompson’s. It will be interesting to see how high Thompson can get with an announcement and how fast it will fall.

By the way, I vote for go ahead and endorse Romney!

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:59:18 +0000

Why does every Republican candidate have to pretend to have conservative values? There are many moderate Republicans who don’t care that much about abortion or the party’s hard line on gay rights. A candidate like McCain or Giuliani should be able to run as themselves, not as a faux Reaganite.

By: Project Vote Smart

Project Vote Smart — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:40:12 +0000

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By: Bithead

Bithead — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:17:50 +0000

Thompson isn’t a major threat to McCain. McCain is a major threat to McCain… the single biggest threat, in fact. Thompson is simply being Conservative, which will invariably beat someone like McCain.

Wanna know why Bush won the Republican primary in 2000, and not John McCain? It’s rather simple; Bush, Liberal has he can be, was by far the preferable choice to conservatives, as compared to John McCain.

This is further confirmed, currently, by Rudy Giuliani, who happens to be leading McCain in the polls by a significant margin at the moment. Once again, Giuliani as liberal as he is, and has a history of being, is to the right of John McCain. He is therefore more popular among voters…. And in the race between Thompson and Giuliani, Thompson wins for the same reason.

Bottom line: McCain’s worst threat is McCain.

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:31:41 +0000

Personally, I think McCain is the one who has proven that he will stand up for his beliefs on immigration, torture and the war, even when they dont’ resonate with the public. True, he has had to bridge the gap between himself and the agents of intolerance, but I believe that he hated himself for doing it.

How much easier it would have been to have Thompson’s advantages. Thompson is well-known by his tough-guy tv role, so he doesn’t have to campaign hard. Thompson is beating McCain in the quest to court the conservative base, even though he has done much less than McCain to earn their support.

Conservatives will always view McCain with suspicion, while at the same time, perceiving Thompson, a genial good ol boy from Tennessee, as one of their own- the natural substitute for George Allen whose act of self-destruction took him out of the race for the nomination. Thompson can just take tough positions and not worry about a recent voting record requiring him to make the tough calls.

If I were Republican though, I would vastly prefer McCain. He believes in his vision for America, and is not just another Reagan clone.