This provides a big opening for Huckabee in the south. He may pull votes that would have otherwise gone to Thompson because they don’t want to vote for a northeasterner or McCain.
Let’s hope it’s not enough to give him enough delegates to make a difference. That’s one of the reasons I wanted Thompson to stay in, at least through super Tuesday.
A long and fascinating article on a revolutionary technology.
Some people never learn. Unfortunately, the comments don’t apply just to Hillary, but to Democrats in general. And even more unfortunately, to far too many Republicans and so-called conservatives as well.
Bob Krumm is doing one final fund raiser to keep Thompson in the race.
[Update at 2:30 PM Eastern]
He’s out:
“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.”
Not a surprise, but disappointing nonetheless.
Here are some thoughts from someone who is thinking like me:
Fred Thompson would appear to still have an opening, however small, in this race. McCain is on the rise in this race but he has not sewn it up by any means.
Romney has the money, the delegates and now the poll numbers in Florida to make a race of this. If Fred Thompson leaves the race now, in its still very fluid form, not only does he embolden McCain
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The cookie that sounded like a rocket fuel is no more:
“…for those of you who say, ‘Get over it, it’s only a cookie,’ you have not lived until you have tasted a Hydrox.”
I never liked either of them that much, myself. But when I ate them, I ate them. I didn’t lick the filling off.
The cookie that sounded like a rocket fuel is no more:
“…for those of you who say, ‘Get over it, it’s only a cookie,’ you have not lived until you have tasted a Hydrox.”
I never liked either of them that much, myself. But when I ate them, I ate them. I didn’t lick the filling off.
The cookie that sounded like a rocket fuel is no more:
“…for those of you who say, ‘Get over it, it’s only a cookie,’ you have not lived until you have tasted a Hydrox.”
I never liked either of them that much, myself. But when I ate them, I ate them. I didn’t lick the filling off.
Derek Lowe is more hopeful than many of his colleagues.