When fred drops out...

[minionofmidas]

It depends a bit on what he says when he drops out. I get the sense Thompson is something of the southern wing of Romney, so him getting out w/o saying anything (especially while Paul, Huckasquirrel and Giuliani stay in) should help him... might be what's needed to prevent McCain actually. But it appears that if Thompson drops out, he might endorse McCain as the two are close personally.

[minionofmidas]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/19/sc.gop/index.html

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I agree with this assessment. (Stu Rothenberg is a CNN Political Analyst) Damnit Fred! You made Huckabee lose

It depends a bit on what he says when he drops out. I get the sense Thompson is something of the southern wing of Romney, so him getting out w/o saying anything (especially while Paul, Huckasquirrel and Giuliani stay in) should help him... might be what's needed to prevent McCain actually. But it appears that if Thompson drops out, he might endorse McCain as the two are close personally.

Why do you think that? Thompson supporters are more conservative than Romney supporters (although since we're talking about Republicans, they all are).

I was thinking more along the line of "establishment conservativism"... hard to pinpoint on what issues that would be I guess, although should correlate with Bush approvals and income. I haven't studied SC exit polls and may be totally wrong...