“Not-so-fast Freddy: Thompson should attend GOP debate”
Source: Union Leader - 8/29/2007
Thoughts: As I have said in the past, Fred Thompson has not “earned” any of his support at this point in the race until he participates in a debate (which means he needs to formally announce his campaign). With rumors that he will announce this weekend, it is time for Thompson to step onto the stage and make his case for your vote. If he performs well, he can easily change the direction of the GOP nomination race. If he performs poorly, he will drop down to a second-tiered candidate without much chance of recovering. What will Fred do? I’ll let you know in a week.
Article: “Not-so-fast Freddy: Thompson should attend GOP debate”
FRED THOMPSON has flirted from afar with Republican voters for long enough. It’s time for him to accept a date. And there is no better first date than the New Hampshire Republican Party’s presidential debate on Sept. 5.
Thompson is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on or near Labor Day, which is Sept. 3. Asked two weeks ago in Nashville whether Sept. 5 would be the day, Thompson said, “I can’t give you a particular date, but it sounds like you’re in the neighborhood.”
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If Thompson waits until after the debate to make his announcement, it will appear to some as if he timed the announcement just to avoid the New Hampshire debate. That would give his foes the chance to say he is either not serious about running for the nomination or is too unprepared to be considered a credible candidate.
Politically, Thompson ought to come to the debate. Avoiding it costs him stature, which is his chief political commodity right now.
(Read the rest of the article here.)
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