It comes as no surprise that Republican Fred Thompson has dropped out of the 2008 presidential race. When I visited the Fred08.com web site a short while ago and saw a typo-filled message — “The Fred File feed is currently unavailable. Thank your for your patience.” — I suspected an announcement might be [...]
Fred Thompson Drops Out of Race
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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New Hampshire GOP Presidential Forum Notes
January 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tonight’s New Hampshire Republican Presidential Forum on the Fox News Channel began this way:
“One of the five men sitting at this table tonight will be the Republican presidential nominee.”
Those words, used by Fox News moderator Chris Wallace to open the forum at Saint Anselm College, must have riled supporters of Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter [...]
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Has Thompson Failed at Ballot Box Office?
January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
In a post Nov. 26, I compared the presidential campaign of Republican Fred Thompson to Brian De Palma’s box office-flopping anti-war film, Redacted. Following a report at The Politico late last night, I decided to revisit that comparison and ask the question, “Has Fred Thompson failed at the ‘ballot’ box office?”
In case you missed [...]
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E-mail Message Causes Huck Supporter to Wince
December 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments
I received an e-mail solicitation message from Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s national campaign manager, Chip Saltsman, late last night. Upon reading it, I winced.
Second thoughts began to stir in my mind. Had I been premature in throwing my support behind the former Arkansas governor? Read the message below, copied and pasted from [...]
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Mike Huckabee Benefits from ‘Okra Effect’
December 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Much of the political world’s attention in recent days has been focused upon Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama and how he might benefit from the so-called “Oprah Effect.” Conversely, little attention has been paid to the impact of the “Okra Effect” — that is, until now.
During the last weekend of September, Republican presidential [...]
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