Fred Thompson Quits Presidential Race

Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.”Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort,” Thompson said in a […]

Huckabee tries but fails to win the votes of non-evangelicals.

Wall Street Journal
Once again, Mr. Huckabee failed to achieve significant support outside his evangelical base. Only 1 in 7 non-evangelicals voted for him, placing him behind not just Mr. McCain but Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney. He finished a close second overall only because he won more than 2 out of 5 evangelical voters, who […]

Official 2008 Delegate Counts

I can’t seem to figure out the official delegate count anywhere. I’ve been to multiple major news sites and get a different answer from each. As of January 16, 2008 here is what 3 major news sites where reporting for the GOP Delegate Count:
Fox News:
Mitt Romney 42
Mike Huckabee 21
John […]

The Republican Race May Last Through March…

(Marc Ambinder) Nov. 5, 2007Posting will be light today, but in the meantime, chew on this scenario:
Mitt Romney wins Iowa; Mike Huckabee is second; Rudy Giuliani is third; Fred Thompson is fourth.
Giuliani wins New Hampshire, followed by Romney or Huckabee or McCain.
Romney wins Michigan; Huckabee or McCain is second.
Thompson wins South Carolina, followed by Giuliani. […]

Out of America: He backs gun control, gay rights and abortion. Why do Republicans rate Rudy Giuliani?

It’s always interesting to see what outsiders are saying about this crazy election…
(BelfastTelegraph.co.uk) Oct. 15, 2007 We have witnessed the canonisation of Saint Albert Gore. We have had fresh confirmation of the transcendence among Democrats of the rather less saintly Hillary Clinton.

And we watched as debutant debater Fred Thompson, […]

Giuliani: Firm hold on national polling (not in Iowa)

(TheSwamp.com) Oct. 9, 2007 From that national perspective of who’s on top and who’s not, Republican Rudy Giuliani remains on top of the GOP pack of presidential candidates.
This overlooks the fact that Republican Mitt Romney fares better in the latest survey of Iowans likely to turn out for the nation’s first nominating caucuses in January […]

Mitt Romney: A Prediction

(ElectRomneyin2008.com) Oct. 3, 2007  Much has been written in the last four to six weeks about the fluidity of the Republican candidate ranks.
I have seen pieces written by “political experts” of the MSM over this time that have provided all kinds of evidence to show that either Giuliani, Romney, or Thompson is the definite frontrunner […]

Media Grudgingly Recognizing Fred Thompson Appeal

(BlogforFredThompson.com) Oct. 3, 2007 Some in the media are coming to a grudging acknowledgment that Fred Thompson is not just slow getting up to speed in his campaign and speeches on the stump, but rather he is being Fred!
What they characterize as a “slow start” and “flat speeches” is rather a man who is calm […]

Democrats Slaughter Republicans in Fundraising

In this article I find it interesting that Mrs. Clinton doesn’t disclose her final tally. I shouldn’t be surprised by that, considering all of the scandal surrounding Mr. Hsu as of late. But at some point she will need to disclose this info, why the secrecy?
(Roadto2008.com) Oct. 2, 2007 The Democratic presidential candidates raised significantly […]

Clinton stretches her lead in state

(AL.com) Sept. 25, 2007 MONTGOMERY - Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York has a wide lead over Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the race for president among Alabamians likely to vote in the state’s Democratic primary next year, according to a new poll.Alabama Republicans don’t have such a clear favorite, according to the poll: […]