George Will seems to think that Fred Thompson is ignorant as well as lazy. I don't know why--just because Thompson doesn't understand campaign finance legislation he sponsored while in the Senate.
In other Fred news, Thompson's recent surge in the polls has come largely at the expense of Mitt Romney. Romney's fell back behind John McCain in the most recent RCP average and Mitt's at 9% (all in Iowa and New Hampshire) in an ARG poll out today.
Confronted with the choice between laziness and phoniness, Republican voters seem to be choosing lazy.
But it is a tough choice.
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Thompson was dead wrong on McCain Feingold, and that is one issue that will not go away for him. The rest of your post is just name calling. Typical.
What happened to viewing things through the lens of love, Prof. Caric?
"Choosing lazy" seems to be a chronic condition with Republican voters. Just look what they chose in 2000 and 2004. The definition of lazy!!
Republican leaders are still missing the mark by pandering so heavily to the "religious" right. They do this at their own peril for if they do not pay attention to the concerns of ordinary Americans, they will lose and lose big.
Conventional wisdom at this point is that no Republican will win the White House next year. That is a given.
What Republican leaders (and apparently bloggers) aparently fail to realize is just how extensive their losses in the US Senate will be.
For example, in Virginia, Republican John Warner will not seek re-election next year. Democrat and former governor of Virginia Mark Warner has announced his intent to run for that seat. That one is ours.
In Minnesota, Republican Norm Coleman barely beat "Fritz" Mondale in 2002 and would not have won at all had Senator Paul Wellstone not died. Coleman's numbers in Minnesota are at an all time low and his likely Democratic opponent will be celebrity and political analyst Al Franken. Also ours.
Nebraska Republican Chuck Hegel is retiring next year. Former Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey will likey seek that seat. If he does, that's ours.
Republican Gordon Smith of Oregon is also considered vulnerable. A strong Democrat could easily knock down his house of cards.
These are just a few examples. By 2011 my party could easily have 60-plus seats in the US Senate as well as a strong majority in the House.
Why?
Because we still care about ordinary Americans. Republican candidates will remain wedded to the unpopular President’s strategy, embracing the “progress” myth that the White House is peddling. Meanwhile, Democrats will be talking to people, not just about ending the war, but about the slowing economy that never, even when the President claimed it was booming, never benefited them. Then the housing bubble collpased. Republicans did nothing. Democrats have plans and people will respond.
Americans want a government that once again responds to our concerns. Those concerns include Iraq but encompass much more. Those concerns will be at the center of our elections next year.
Republicans all stick with the policies of the last years;tax cuts for the wealthy, big military budgets, deregulation,
privatization and corporate trade policies. Their only criticism of George Bush is that he didn’t cut enough money out of domestic programs.
That agenda, however, is what has put the squeeze on America's working and poor families and they have had enough.
Wages aren’t going up, even when the economy is supposed to be good, and unemployment is relatively low. The minimum wage though recently raised (thanks to Democrats), stagnates, and lowers the floor under workers. Corporations use the threat of competition abroad to bust unions and frustrate wage demands. Workers are forced to pay more and more for basic health insurance (if they have it) and for any retirement savings. Corporate trade policies make outsourcing more attractive. Public investment in education and training doesn’t keep up. Spending on affordable housing gets decimated.
Democrats will win in 2008 because we have another vision. From presidential to Congressional, Democrats will oppose corporate trade policies,and call for indexing minimum wage increases anually according to the rate of inflation. Our candidates will callfor investing in education and jobs here at home.
Making sense on the economy and Iraq are equally important to the American people in the election ahead.
Democratic leaders and candidates get that. Republicans leaders and candidates never will.
Another fine example of todd mayo staying on topic. Do you ever wander outside of your insular little bubble?
Fred needs to polish up that act.
I am not going to debate someone that feels strong enough about a candidate to start up their own website for them. Your mind is already made up.
From a Republican that has not committed to a candidate, but follows the process quite closely, I have yet to see anything from Romney that makes me want to support him. He did a great job with the Olympics. Not so difficult of a job in Park City, UT. There is no fire there. No sizzle. He seems too polished, too scripted, too much of what they think we want to see. I prefer a little fire in the belly, a touch of conviction, and an ability to connect with the voters.
Those reasons are exactly why former President Clinton was likely the greatest politico of our generation. The people that did not like him could appreciate how adept he was at selling himself and manipulating the process, and the media. He was good, damn good.
There are no politicos out there this time around with that kind of savvy.
The dems are hoping that Bloomberg cuts into the rep vote. Still, we do not have a front runner like the dems have in Hill & Bill.
Thompson is the rep answer to Kerry. Remember all the Lurch jokes? They say stuff like "after eight years of the dummy & rummy we don't needa the mummy."
Then again, who do the dems have? People like cut and run KuKu Chicken nich. And let's not forget oSAMa, soooory his name is oBOMBa.
See JD, you did it again. And now you've extended it to a Romney-fan. A republican. WTF man??
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