And so it begins. The bottom tier candidates are starting to drop out as they realize that support and money are hard to come by when your chances are slim:
He says, "my campaign was completely shocked. We absolutely thought we were coming in second [at the Iowa Straw Poll]. We had no doubt in our minds. The worst we thought we'd come in was third and it didn't happen that way. Something happened between the 50-yard line and the goal line. They pulled a reverse on us and we didn't see it coming."
So you decided to punt. Enough of the football metaphors already. Tommy Thompson never stood a chance as he has nothing to make him stand out. Tom Tancredo has illegal immigration (and is still struggling), Giuliani has a history of leadership the country knows and Fred Thompson is famous and was a good senator. Tommy Thompson was a non-factor from the beginning.
Really, how could Thompson's campaign be "shocked"? He was polling low everywhere except Iowa and if he did do well at the straw poll, he would've been pummeled in the primaries anyway.
Expect others on both sides to throw in the towel soon as donors assess the landscape and decide who they want to throw their hard-earned shekels at. Come January, I expect six candidates on both sides to still be in it with two or three at most having any shot at winning.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. first of all i would hardly call Fred "lazy" Thompson a good senator and secondly your right that Tommy had nothing to define his candidacy.
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Patrick at 10:35AM on Aug 13th 2007
2. Sorry to see Tommy drop out, He's a good Man. Am hopeful that Brownback stays in the race as he's a great man also - maybe we should all have a bout of cancer to re-evaluate our priorities in life !
ellen at 11:41AM on Aug 13th 2007
3. "Giuliani has a history of leadership the country knows"!? Rudolph certainly has a history of a type of leadership BUT, the country definitely does NOT know about it as the MSM spoon-fed us what they wanted us to think. Here's Rudolphs real history;
Why Rudolph Giuliani Really Shouldn't Be President
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/specialguests/2007/mar/08/why_rudy_giuliani_really_shouldn_t_be_president
Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11
Book by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins
Guns and Rudy: The Whole Story
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=25471
Giuliani States "Gun Manufacturers Deliberately Makes 6 to 7 Times Too Many Guns"
http://www.nysrpa.org/blog/?p=788"
AND there's so much more...just look for it.
Chris at 12:59PM on Aug 13th 2007
4. Give Tommy credit for trying. At least he had ideas and the guts to put them out there. That's more than the frontrunners can say; all we hear from them is how much money they've raised. Whether you agree with the ideas or not, you've got to give credit to those who still run thinking they matter and try to influence the debate.
Kevin at 6:40PM on Aug 13th 2007
5. In the first Republican debate, Tommy Thompson came across as one of the more knowledgeable candidates on stage.
Even as a Democrat, I have to give him credit for running an issues-oriented campaign, as Kevin was saying and it's a pity that the candidates with money and no ideas like Romney and Giuliani are still running.
Johnny at 12:21AM on Aug 14th 2007