Where will Fred Thompson's Voters go?

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Word is Thompson is out if he doesn't finish at least third or better tonight.

 

[susano]

Let's hope he's not out. He's pro war so we don't get his votes.

 

[aspiringconstitutionalist]

I hope he stays in. We need as many pro-war candidates to stay in to spread out the vote and keep the bar low for us.

 

[Gimme Some Truth]

Word is Thompson is out if he doesn't finish at least third or better tonight.

Its stupid. Thompson is the most conservative out of those names


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[familydog]

I think they'll go for McCain.

 

[Dorfsmith]

This probably sounds crazy but the Thompson supporters I know in Arizona say Ron Paul is their second choice. I'll take their vote

 

[Alawn]

A lot of them would go to Ron Paul if he dropped out.

 

[Ninja Homer]

Sorry, couldn't resist. :o

 

[Matt23]

This probably sounds crazy but the Thompson supporters I know in Arizona say Ron Paul is their second choice. I'll take their vote

Not at all, there both hard conservatives but differ on foreign policy.

I can see most of Thompson voters moving to Paul

 

[Cleaner44]

We can get Fred Heads, they are the least Neocon. The problem is that some people see Ron Paul as weak on defense. We have to let them know RP wants to use our military to defend USA and not to nation build.

 

[hvac ak47]

McCain

 

[Leroy_Jenkems]

Its stupid. Thompson is the most conservative out of those names


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Ditto from a TN boy.

 

[TheWhiteRider]

i think we could pull a lot of fred votes. He is pro-war, but thats really the only thing going against us I think. And he is certainly not neo-con.

 

[RevolutionSD]

We can definitely get some of Thompsons votes.

Keep in mind that most people don't vote for Paul because they know nothing about him.

 

[Matt23]

McCain

How would they go to McCain?

McCain is a liberal.

 

[bobmurph]

This probably sounds crazy but the Thompson supporters I know in Arizona say Ron Paul is their second choice. I'll take their vote

The talking heads HATE Huck & McCain. If Fred drops out, Ron Paul is the only candidates with a consistent conservative record in the race. Thompson dropping out will help Ron Paul because the Fred voters are fiscal convservatives and pro constitution, many will turn to RP

 

[mekrob]

The talking heads HATE Huck & McCain. If Fred drops out, Ron Paul is the only candidates with a consistent conservative record in the race. Thompson dropping out will help Ron Paul because the Fred voters are fiscal convservatives and pro constitution, many will turn to RP

So let's assume that we split the Thompson vote, assuming again that he drops out. He's been averaging around 10-11% nationwide. So if we can get half of those votes, that pushes us up nearly double digits, giving us very strong support in many Super Tuesday events, possibly some outright wins and a few 2nd's and 3rd's. Those other 4-6% will likely go to McCain/Giuliani (pro-war), Huckabee (evangelical). I don't see them going for Romney. Romney seems to be doing quite well and that could give him a lot of momentum, not to mention his money supply is nearly infinite (in presidential races).

So Thompson dropping out and his supporters being split 40/60 to 60/40 for us and between the others could be just what we need to get a major boost in national polls and momentum in key states.

Or they could be 90% pro-war (as a priority) and vote McCain or Giuliani. Then we're fucked.

It looks like he will drop out now or next week after Florida. So, start going out and campaigning for Paul to every single Fredhead you know in anticipation they'll be looking for a new candidate. Go now!

 

[liberteebell]

We can get Fred Heads, they are the least Neocon. The problem is that some people see Ron Paul as weak on defense. We have to let them know RP wants to use our military to defend USA and not to nation build.

Agree. I posted this to another thread (too many competing threads 'round here):

The fred heads I've encountered are some of the more reasonable republicans. They actually like RP except for foreign policy, often because they've been sold some bill of goods that RP is a pacifist who wants to dismantle the military. I've had good discussions with several who ended up wanting to read all the RP slim jims.

They're very reasonable, we just have to woo them with reason and logic and not be rude and hateful.

 

[nate895]

We have to remember that Fredheads look at the big picture, not one issue. If they were one issue people, then McCain, Giuliani, or Huckabee would be getting their votes, because Fred isn't the strongest candidate on any issue. They agree with us on 5/6 of the issues, War on Terror and Iraq the only exception, which is 1/2 of Foreign Policy. While they agree with the other candidates on 1/3 we have 5/6.

Finally, it's not all grassroots die hards in the campaign.

 

[jcizzle]

I think Romney could pick up a bunch. Of all the media anointed frontrunners he seems to be the most fiscally conservative.