Can anything stop Fred Thompson?

[FerrisBueller86]

I think that he has the best chance of winning the nomination, and he'd have the best chance in the general election.  The GOP has a good track record with nominating Hollywood actors even as they love to bash Hollywood.  Thompson has even PLAYED the part of president.

Unlike Giuliani and Romney, Thompson doesn't have a history of being liberal.  Unlike Romney, Thompson isn't from a state that the Republican base has been trained to hate.

As far as I know, there's nothing about Thompson that would offend the Republican base.  He's also doing quite well in the polls for someone who hasn't officially entered the race.

[Eraserhead]

Fred Thompson will stop Fred Thompson. If the Republicans have any desire to win in 2008, they won't nominate another lazy, confused southerner.

[Sensei]

Yes, namely average democratic opposition.

[Jacobtm]

Giuliani in NY and CA.

[TheWildCard]

I think that he has the best chance of winning the nomination, and he'd have the best chance in the general election.  The GOP has a good track record with nominating Hollywood actors even as they love to bash Hollywood.  Thompson has even PLAYED the part of president.

Unlike Giuliani and Romney, Thompson doesn't have a history of being liberal.  Unlike Romney, Thompson isn't from a state that the Republican base has been trained to hate.

As far as I know, there's nothing about Thompson that would offend the Republican base.  He's also doing quite well in the polls for someone who hasn't officially entered the race.

You're arguement is flawed. The base is trained to hate a hollywood in the same why that they are trained to hatw MA. So you're wrong there. Also he is not Ronald Reagan he is not Arnold Swarzenegger he is a lot like Bob Dole minus being a war hero and experience.

Republicans nominate him they go down in flames.

[tik 🪀✨]

I'd like to hear him on some debates before I jump to conclusions. From interviews I've seen so far he seems kind of.. going senile. I have no idea where he stands on anything, either. It's kind of sad that the Republican trump card isn't even officially running and nobody really knows how he'd be as a candidate.

We'll just have to wait and see. You can do that, right?

[Verily]

Thompson does not strike me as being either a very good speaker or a very affable person, both important aspects of a Presidential candidacy (rightly or wrongly). All three major Democratic candidates as well as Giuliani and Romney have a huge edge in that regard.

I'm sure someone is going to tell me how Hillary Clinton is not affable. She actually is; I've met her twice, and she's nearly as charismatic as her husband, who is perhaps the most charismatic person alive in the US today. She may not be well-loved by those who look at her politics or her career, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about an ability to seem to be connecting with voetrs individually. She has that almost as much as Barack Obama, the most charismatic of the current candidates.

[Likely Voter]

i look forward to seeing him in the debates. I dont know enough about him to say yet. I do wonder how far right he will go during the GOP nomination process and how much he will embrace the war...such things will be very bad for the general.

[MaC]

Can anything stop Fred Thompson?

yes

[Rococo4]

a ton could stop him, he hasnt even declared yet and we havent seen him in a debate.  I think people are getting too attached to him too early.

[Know Your Rights!]

a ton could stop him, he hasnt even declared yet and we havent seen him in a debate.  I think people are getting too attached to him too early.

Agreed. All he's had to do so far in terms of "campaigning" is get hyped up by a media, and it's built up to the point where he's a front-runner. I think the bottom falling out as soon as he has to put himself out there is very possible.

[TheWildCard]

a ton could stop him, he hasnt even declared yet and we havent seen him in a debate.  I think people are getting too attached to him too early.

Agreed. All he's had to do so far in terms of "campaigning" is get hyped up by a media, and it's built up to the point where he's a front-runner. I think the bottom falling out as soon as he has to put himself out there is very possible.

Howard Dean anyone? hah

[Verily]

a ton could stop him, he hasnt even declared yet and we havent seen him in a debate.  I think people are getting too attached to him too early.

Agreed. All he's had to do so far in terms of "campaigning" is get hyped up by a media, and it's built up to the point where he's a front-runner. I think the bottom falling out as soon as he has to put himself out there is very possible.

Howard Dean anyone? hah

Hmmm? Dean always had everything except the media behind him: strong debate performances, charisma, popularity with the base, great fundraising numbers. The media dragged him down and ripped him apart with the overexaggeration of the "Dean scream".

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

A ton.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Let's not forget about death - he's not exactly our youngest candidate.

[Tender Branson]

Possibly a heart attack while riding his wife Jeri.

[Sam Spade]

The two most likely things to stop Fred Thompson are:

1) Not living up to expectations (or screwing up in debates) once we first see him in action.
2) Bad general election numbers against the likely Democratic candidates (come January 2008).  This was what killed Howard Dean, not the "scream".

Health issues could also play a factor, too.

[Know Your Rights!]

a ton could stop him, he hasnt even declared yet and we havent seen him in a debate.  I think people are getting too attached to him too early.

Agreed. All he's had to do so far in terms of "campaigning" is get hyped up by a media, and it's built up to the point where he's a front-runner. I think the bottom falling out as soon as he has to put himself out there is very possible.

Howard Dean anyone? hah

Hmmm? Dean always had everything except the media behind him: strong debate performances, charisma, popularity with the base, great fundraising numbers. The media dragged him down and ripped him apart with the overexaggeration of the "Dean scream".

Agreed. And Dean always had a very powerful grassroots movement. Do people actually know why they support Thompson at this point?

[Likely Voter]

it appears that the latest anti-Fred attacks are relating to his being a lobbiest, his being too much an 'insider' and his ties to big tobacco.

not sure how much those will stick, probably wont hurt in the republican side. Bush's big biz ties didnt hurt him, but maybe in a 'change election' being a lobbyest will not look good

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Possibly a heart attack while riding his wife Jeri.

LOL. I don't know if anything can stop Fred Thompson. Maybe if he's brought down by the Hillary machine, but that's unlikely to happen.

[CultureKing]

token opposition by any major democrat could stop him

[RRB]

His 12 year old wife will stop him.  That's actually too bad, but America, especially women, will be turned off (literally) by an old geezer who has smoozed his way into the sack of a groupie chick - or so it will look to enough stuffed shirts to influence an election.

My mother is the perfect example.  All she can say is that he must take a lot of Viagra, and have a lot of money.

What is is about the sex drive of some of these right wingers anyway?  Rudy, Thompson............Bill Clinton has nothin' on these guys.