View Full Version : Thompson in Tie with Giuliani for Republican Lead
StillStanding
06-12-2007, 11:28 AM
National Poll: Giuliani 24% Thompson 24% (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_republican_presidential_primary)
This is getting interesting! Fred Thompson hasn't officially declared, and he is sharing the lead!
I think we're looking at the next Republican presidential candidate! :)
very intersesting in deed.
Steve Epley
06-12-2007, 01:50 PM
I hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not I am not voting for either of the three Democrats claiming to be Republican.
McCain may fall behind Ron Paul! (the political equivalent of the mendoza line)
I hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not I am not voting for either of the three Democrats claiming to be Republican.
I hope I dont have to talk you off that ledge...
BoredOutOfMyMind
06-12-2007, 04:53 PM
National Poll: Giuliani 24% Thompson 24% (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_republican_presidential_primary)
This is getting interesting! Fred Thompson hasn't officially declared, and he is sharing the lead!
I think we're looking at the next Republican presidential candidate! :)
Can He Beat Hillary?!?
:search
deacon blues
06-12-2007, 05:02 PM
That's my concern. I would probably be more aligned with Thompson politically than say G or Mc, but I wonder if a solid conservative can win in 2008 due to the unpopularity of the current prez.
Nahum
06-12-2007, 06:28 PM
That's my concern. I would probably be more aligned with Thompson politically than say G or Mc, but I wonder if a solid conservative can win in 2008 due to the unpopularity of the current prez.
I'm with you Deac. Whadda ya think about Romney?
rgcraig
06-12-2007, 06:32 PM
I hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not I am not voting for either of the three Democrats claiming to be Republican.
No vote is a vote for the opposing party!
Fred Thompson has yet to officially become the 11th Republican Presidential canidate but the latest Bloomburg poll shows him in second place just behind Rudy G. and gaining! See article below;
Giuliani retains GOP lead for presidential nomination as Fred Thompson gains
A Times/Bloomberg Poll shows conservatives embracing the former Tennessee senator, who has yet to enter the race. Clinton still leads Democrats, but trails Giuliani.
By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer
June 12, 2007
- Fred Thompson's entry could rattle Republican race
WASHINGTON — Republicans antsy for a conservative standard-bearer in the presidential race have begun to rally behind Fred Thompson, propelling the former Tennessee senator to within hailing distance of the lead for the party's nomination, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll has found.
Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani holds first place in the survey, with support from 27% of the Republicans and independents who said they plan to vote in the party's 2008 primaries.
But Thompson, an actor who played a prosecutor on NBC's "Law & Order," runs just behind, with 21%. Indications are he will join the race within the next month.
The two other major GOP contenders, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, fall well short of the leaders and are in a battle for third place. McCain was backed by 12% of those polled, Romney by 10%. The rest of the crowded field is mired in single digits.
ManOfWord
06-13-2007, 08:18 AM
While Rudy was a great leader during the 911 crisis, I have serious reservations about his conservative politics. Fred has been divorced as well, but I don't think he threw it in the face of his ex-wife like Rudy has done. Rudy's actions, IMO, are inexcuseable.
I think Fred would be the better leader all the way around. He really doesn't seem like a "politician" to me like the others. He really doesn't "need" to be president and it doesn't look like he "lusts" after it like the others do.
While Rudy was a great leader during the 911 crisis, I have serious reservations about his conservative politics. Fred has been divorced as well, but I don't think he threw it in the face of his ex-wife like Rudy has done. Rudy's actions, IMO, are inexcuseable.
I think Fred would be the better leader all the way around. He really doesn't seem like a "politician" to me like the others. He really doesn't "need" to be president and it doesn't look like he "lusts" after it like the others do.
Fred has only been married twice while Rudy has three times!
On a serious note I agree with you. I admire Rudy and think he is a great leader but his personal life has just been way too messy for me. The fact that he was openly living with his girlfriend while still married to one of his wives is not the example of upright living I want in the White House.
I am not one of those that can totally seperate a person's ability from their ethics and integrity in their personal life.
Digging4Truth
06-13-2007, 08:31 AM
McCain may fall behind Ron Paul! (the political equivalent of the mendoza line)
The part in parenthesis could have gone all day without saying... yet if I reply I will be accused of leading a perfectly good thread into the ditch.
The part in parenthesis could have gone all day without saying... yet if I reply I will be accused of leading a perfectly good thread into the ditch.
LOL! you are right, I am guilty of trying to draw you off sides. you didnt bite!
for those that dont know, the Mendoza line in baseball is related to a guy who batted .200 (Mendoza). if you fall below that line, you arent a good enough hitter to stay in the bigs.
Digging4Truth
06-13-2007, 08:57 AM
LOL! you are right, I am guilty of trying to draw you off sides. you didnt bite!
for those that dont know, the Mendoza line in baseball is related to a guy who batted .200 (Mendoza). if you fall below that line, you arent a good enough hitter to stay in the bigs.
Well... I know what it is... now... but I had to look it up first. :)
With thanks to Wikipedia for curing my ignorance of the phrase.
From a pure electibility standpoint, I think there are only 2 in this race that have a chance.
Rudy
Fred.
the others do not have any kind of star power. the sad fact is, in this election for a Republican to win, based on the current presidents approval numbers, the Republican nominee is going to have to have massive star power.
Rudy as it has been pointed out, has skeletons. Rudy however, did a very good thing for his political carreer. He didnt try to hide them in a closet. everyone knows about Rudy's life. I dont think it will hurt him one bit.
I do agree with everyone here though, that as a republican and a christian, I am not comfortable with his lifestyle.
Thompson being a Star in his own right, gets a free pass I suspect. It remains to be seen if he has the drive to meet the schedual it will take. (He hates campainging)
This is the interesting point for Christians. on the Judiciary, Both of these men have said that Antonin Scalia is thier prototype judge.
Thompson has stated that he beleives Roe is bad law and the individual states should make their own laws on Abortion. I think this will be the direction Rudy takes as well.
I will say that Rudy has very spicific plans for what he wants to do and how to go about it.
Both Rudy and Thompson are strong on border security.
i want Thompson but so long as Rudy will appoint conservitive judges that will drive the abortion debate back to the states I will be happy.
Rudy has also pointed out that he reduced the number of abortions drastically while mayor of NYC. he has articulated plans to do the same on the national level.
nathan_slatter
06-13-2007, 09:24 AM
Ron Paul 4 Pres!!!
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