John McCain Big Winner in Iowa

You becoming a FredHead BB?

Much as I hope for something better, I don’t quite see a predictable dynamic that will help Fred beat Huckabee in SC. Fred finished at the low end of my expectations in Iowa, but still within the range that I was talking about, and stands a worthwhile chance to win the race but several things have to go right:

-McCain has to knock out Romney in NH and then self-destruct in SC and Florida.
-Rudy has to continue down a steep downward path so that by Super Tuesday he is not perceived as a viable candidate.
-A combination of Huckabee’s own persona and stupidity plus the rising tide of “what the heck are we doing electing a Bible-thumping populist opposed to limited government” has to send Huck into a downward spiral by ST.
-Paul has to be stopped anywhere before ST.

The odds of all of that going right are not that high, but Fred ought to just persevere. In spite of everything he has said I would fine-tune his message, but he is unlikely to listen to my sage advice. Anyway, I don’t see great demand for the conservative message these days, and that’s the biggest problem. Sill keep going Fred until and unless you can go no more. The country needs you badly.

Well Igor,

Not to bad to place 3rd in Iowa after jumping in the race late

I’m just enthusiastic today because I was hoping Fred would place in the top 3 and he did. ~~

GO FRED GO!!!!

You becoming a FredHead BB?

He’s been my second choice for quite a while now. And even if he weren’t, I think I can recognize media spin when I see it.

Marie, I love Fred so much it has almost become an obsession. Google “Igor R.” and “Fred Thompson” together and expand the shortened results and you will get the idea. Nevertheless, I have my own saying: stare reality in the eyes or it will bite you in the you-know-what. During the New Year’s celebration I was talking to three friends who I don’t see often and normally don’t discuss politics with about the race. I asked them who they were for, and every one was for Rudy. When I mentioned Fred, one looked at me funny and said “I want someone with a pulse”.

I also heard Rush talk this morning about something that I’ve been thinking about for weeks, that the country doesn’t seem to want a conservative now. I missed most of his monologue on the suject, and I’ll save my own thoughts for another time, but I think it’s true.

Marie, how could the illegal immigration champion McCain, who has almost destroyed the country about half a year ago do so well in Iowa without campaigning? He isn’t even a cult leader like Paul. People’s brains have turned to mush. They drink the Obama Kool-Aid when he says nothing but the word “change” repeated in every possible way. It has to take a random thing like the Bhutto assassination to focus people on foreign dangers. The President is expected to be a super-efficient action figure, that goes and fights destructive hurricanes like a true disaster-relief pro. Conservative message? Small government? Preserving the culture? The masses want help and security, and in their stupor they believe that the Federal Government is just the agency to deliver these to them.

Marie I think Fred can win, because his opponents all have serious faults. I don’t think the conservative message is enough, not this year. I remain hopeful, but I think realistic.

Of course these sewer rats just want to destroy Fred:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7711.html

Fred should just say that he is in the race until the end, just so that these animals don’t get their wish.

Igor,

I was shocked Fred showed up even in 3rd place.

I am a Thompson Trooper, a FredHead, and I believe now that he knows he’s captured 3rd place in anything lol, he’s going to unleash something soon. Or maybe not.

Maybe his way of campaigning is working out, but when I saw his address to his supporters after the Iowa Results, he seemed full of fire.

I dont expect him to do well in New Hampshire, but I do In Soutn Carolina, he’s a Country boy in his territory in SC.