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| Fred Won't Quit after Iowa |
| 2008-01-04 |
| The rumor that Fred Thompson will quit the Republican presidential race if he finishes poorly in Iowa is not only false: it rises to the level of a political dirty trick aimed at reducing Thompson-backersÂ’ turnout in tonightÂ’s Iowa caucuses. The story, which began as a rumor and caught fire as a result of a piece in todayÂ’s Politico, said that Thompson was likely to quit after Iowa if he did poorly there, and might endorse Sen. John McCain before next weekÂ’s New Hampshire primary. The article painted a glum, almost resigned mood among ThompsonÂ’s inner circle. Thompson and his top campaign advisor Rich Galen both denied the storyÂ’s claims today. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 NEWSMAS > SUSAN ESTRICH [paraph]- IOWA IS MERELY THE FIRST TICKET TO ANOTHER CAMPAIGN STOP. The various GOP-DEM candidates have only started oiling/greasing their PR = Bullypit campaign wheels. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-04 20:34 |
| #2 Heck, OS, I hate to tell you my horrible suspicions about the whole of Fox News and the "conservative media" establishment. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-01-04 15:01 |
| #1 Anectdotal evidence points to the loss of 2-3 percentage points for Thompson due to caucus goers hearing the rumor but not the refutation - for ecample, no refutation was printed at Politico, and Michelle Makin has yet to correct her blog story and negative comments, or the one on her affiliate, Hot Air. Sad that Michelle Malkin is now a convienent tool of the smear merchants. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-04 14:29 |