Fred Thompson effect: Giuliani may be hurt most if former senator gets into the race

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

The Fred Thompson effect: Giuliani may be hurt most if former senator gets into the White House race (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18439416/)

WASHINGTON - If the 'inside the Beltway' conventional wisdom is to be believed, actor and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson will jump into the Republican presidential nomination fight before too long, filling a vacuum that many have long sensed in the GOP race.

So if Thompson does enter the race, who would it hurt? Two recent polls -- one by Peter Hart and Neil Newhouse for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal and the other by RT Strategies for the Cook Political Report -- indicate that Thompson's candidacy would draw most from former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, perhaps about 4 to 6 points. He would draw minimally, if at all, from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Thompson would start out behind Giuliani and McCain and about even with Romney.


One can only pray it removes Rudy from the race all together ... ALONG WITH McCain, Romney, as well as the democrats. :smirky:

[Timberwolf]

Every poll I've seen with FDT in it has him in the lead by 30+ percentage points with RG running a VERY distant 2nd.

[noncom]

"4 to 6 points?" I'm not even going to guess what orifice they're pulling these numbers out of. Sorry, but I can't take any of this crap seriously this far away from the first primary.

If this gets Thompson some exposure and lets him spend a few months getting his views out, great. But the idea that anybody is "running" for anything except free air time right now is just plain asinine.

[dPrasse]

Thompson would start out behind Giuliani and McCain and about even with Romney.

Wishful thinking !

Thompson is the one guy most Repubs can agree on ...he's a uniting figure ... take him out of the race and the Repubs end up in a big nasty fur ball fight until none are electable ... just what the Libs writting articles in the Belt way want ....

[noncom]

Thompson would start out behind Giuliani and McCain and about even with Romney. Wishful thinking !

Thompson is the one guy most Repubs can agree on ...he's a uniting figure ... take him out of the race and the Repubs end up in a big nasty fur ball fight until none are electable ... just what the Libs writting articles in the Belt way want ....
Well, who knows what the idiot means by "start out."

Based on current polls, Thompson might well be 4-6 points behind the leader of the pack of candidates who have been campaigning their asses off for months ONE MINUTE AFTER THOMPSON ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY. But it's utterly asinine to try to portray that as a significant data point, let alone anything even remotely like a trend, 8 months before the first primary.

[dPrasse]

True ... at the very initial moment , a new candidate would start at zero support ...

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: Giuliani's a effin' moron. The White House would have been his for the asking, if not for his devotion to something he claims to hate... abortion. As soon as Thompson enters the race, Giuliani can only watch, as Fred takes away his chances.