Saturday, September 22, 2007

Did Fred Jump In Too Late?

According to David Fredosso of National Review http://corner.nationalreview.com, Fred Thompson spoke to a large Republican gathering at the world famous Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan tonight.
Mr. Fredosso was not impressed.
And, that is not the first time that people have said that Mr. Thompson has not impressed them in a speech.
Hugh Hewitt http://hughhewitt.com was at a large Republican meeting in Orange County, California earlier this year before Mr. Thompson made his candidacy official. He was not impressed nor were many in the red-meat Republican group.
Which leads to the question.
Did Fred Thompson wait too long to get in the Republican race for the presidency?
At this point I would say, maybe.
I think that it is troubling that an experienced actor as is Mr. Thompson is having trouble rallying the troops. Is it because it does not have the fire in the belly?
I know that all reports indicate that Mr. Thompson is far off the mark in raising necessary funds to make a serious run at the presidency. That can not be good when you have to take some funding away from Rudy Giuilani and Mitt Romney.
The case for the Thompson candidacy has been that he is the next Ronald Reagan.
But, I just do not feel it. I do not feel any of the Republican candidates are the next Ronald Reagan. They have the ability to make good on some aspects of Mr. Reagan's agenda, but again I will write it. There will NOT be another Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan was a one of a kind and a man of his time.
Thus, we conservatives need to stop saying we are looking for the next Reagan. It ain't gonna happen with this bunch of candidates.
So, what would Mr. Thompson do differently than the other top three, Giuiliani, McCain or Romney?
So far, I do not see much difference in any of the four.
So, I think that the major problem for Mr. Thompson is that he got into the race too late and is probably peaking about now.
And that is too bad because we Republicans need to have a strong race and I am afraid that Mr. Thompson may not be one to get this race going.

2 comments:

Incognito said...

Yup.. too late... I lost interest.. and I'd love to have voted for a fellow actor. Not to say things can't change b/w now and then... but.. it's kind of too bad, really.

Pat Jenkins said...

this is not the first i have heard of fred's lack of sizzle. just as i had expected the thought of fred is more appealing than him in the flesh.... which means we still are longing for that conservative voice!!!