Back on topic, hey RL, have you seen the latest poll numbers?

Mostly since Fred announced?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...ation-192.html

Looking pretty good for the first week. I hope the fundraising matches it.

TR

Yes, I have. He needs to raise a lot more money to win. I have not committed to a candidate yet.

Giuliani should be starting to worry and sweat a little.....

Jim

Putting the money issue into perspetive; Thompson has spent less than $1 million in his "exploratory efforts", while Mitt Romney has spent a whopping $32 million over the same amount of time. Giuliani has spent $17 million since the beginning of his campaign. In my estimation Thompson got the biggest bang for his buck.

Going forward; Romney has $4 million on hand while Giuliani has $17 million on hand and McCain $21 million on hand. Last figures I saw Thompson had raised $3.5 million. In reality he is in the same ballpark as Romney currently as far as treasury goes, and not an insurmountable amount behind Giuliani. There are going to be some donors that will be switching affiliation with the current poll numbers, bolstered by Thompson's actual entering of the race.

In my humble opinion money is not nearly as important in this very unorthodox game plan of Thompson's. His poll numbers are higher than two of the top tier candidates and he did it all with no money.

Not exactly a surprise, but it seems like Fred came out on top of all the GOP candidates who spoke to the NRA.

From what I've read, it's probably because he's the only one who flat out said he would uphold the 2nd Amendment to it's intended purpose.

That and he said (paraphrasing) owning a firearm is a God given right, not a government given right. :lifter

An excellent argument for Fred.
 

It's a long read, but a good one.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/..._thompson.html


Mulhern's arguments are well- reasoned.
Fred's chances are looking better all the time.

I would have preferred to watch it live but t will be rebroadcast on MSNBC at 9pm EST...

Not stupid...I originally was upset it was on so early til I dug a bit. ;)

Actually, that was a very smart move on CNBC's part.

With the debate at that time, NBC along with the other major news networks, were able to lead off their World News Tonight programs with the debate. Just as people are getting home from work. Then to re-air it later.

It should make more people more interested in watching the re-airing, which would benefit the GOP candidates, IMO.

To borrow a familiar line....

Reagan wasn't only a member of the Screen Actor's Guild, he was also it's President, at one time.

Fred impressed me in his first outing the other night. Loooooookin' strong. Got that Tennessee thang goin' for em too. It'll be inte resting to see how much the bankroll factor comes into play now.

Anything's better than the following 5 words though... HILLARY CLINTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

FRED'08!