Archive for 'Newt Gingrich'

A Thompson and Gingrich Team?

25 July 2007

From Politico:
Newt Gingrich’s long, slow striptease over whether he will seek the presidency in 2008 looks like it might come to an unexpected conclusion: a date with Fred Thompson.
Publicly, Gingrich has been sending signals making clear that a presidential candidacy for him is becoming less likely. Privately, he and some of his closest advisers have […]

If Thompson does enter the race, whom would it hurt?

4 May 2007

Some of you may not know who Charlie Cook is, but he is a long time inside the beltway pollster and political prognosticator who has had his own political newsletter (the Cook Political Report) for years.
He has had a fairly good record of choosing the winner of national contests and he has just released his […]

Rudy vs. Fred for the ‘None of the Above’ Vote

27 April 2007

Some interesting Poll results from the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal that show some intriguing Thompson strengths even though he is still undeclared.
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The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows the Republican nomination contest to be highly fluid. Rudy Giuliani remains in front with 33%, followed by John McCain at 22%. Non-candidate (for now) Fred […]

Thompson Out Polls All Others At Penn. Leadership Conference

24 April 2007

John Fund On PA Leadership Conference Straw Poll Winner Fred Thompson: Pennsylvania Boy
(from Grassrootspa.com)
The writer behind the blog “PA for Hizzoner, Rudy Giuliani” put the best possible spin on the results of this weekend’s presidential straw poll at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a key barometer of GOP activist sentiment in the state. The headline […]

Fred Thompson - John McCain?

29 March 2007

7.62MM Justice, a blogger who I’ve followed for quite some time now, seems to think that Fred Thompson may be considering teaming up with RINO candidate John McCain.
Let Jane connect some dots for you. The buzz in my home state of South Carolina is that Lindsey Graham has become unfit for service to harvest the […]

What a ride!

28 March 2007

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WOW! Fred Thompson has gotten the entire blogosphere into a stir without even lifting a finger. In fact, he hasn’t even announced he’ll run. We don’t even know if he WILL RUN for that matter.
But bloggers are hot on his trail as momentum picks up in his direction. It appears as though he may very […]