Is Fred Thompson a viable candidate?

I agree...the more fools the Republicans get to run for office the better for the Democratic Candidate...!!!!!!!

I'm with Donna. Thompson was a lazy Senator, his "positions" are all the wedge issues from the last two election cycles.

It is early in the race -in that no one dominates the Republican field.

It is easy to imagine that Thompson hangs onto his 33% of the Republican base, and stalls there.

Who is likely to flock to him that is not cheering him on already?

* Articulate and intelligent. *

If he wants to be President, neither of these qualities are necessary.

He is old, weak, moldy, too radically conservative, no history but acting. This guy is a great old actor, but a joke as a politician. If this is the Republican's secret weapon they better go back to the drawing board and do some thinking.

* He is old, weak, moldy, too radically conservative, no history but acting. *

All of that worked for them before.

No, but I still want to watch him on Law And Order.

I think he has a shot, and did some good in politics before. The gap between then and now is a large one, and not sure how that will effect him. He also has the stigma the Dems like to run off on about the scandle with Nixon's Watergate, but then not many of their candidates in the past few decades have been exactly clean either.
I am still not sure if he is someone I would vote for or not, but looking better than anyone out there now, who I do not believe are worth any votes in the first place.

I think he's ready and he's playing it smart right now. Wait till the dust settles and stand clean and shiny on the outside.

I think that , too. I am sure he got more viewers on Leno then if he show up on The NH debates.

I think this waiting is going to backfire on Thompson, it makes him look like a cowardly snob. Plus he just looks like hell too. It this is the Republicans secret weapon unless they have a well scripted drama with the participation of the other candidates to make Thompson look good I think they are doomed.

Now, if the Republicans are doomed, I just hope the current Democratic frontrunners don't doom the country ... this could be very bad.

If Thompson can beat out Guliani and Romeny for the GOP nomination then he will be our next president.

The moonbats in charge of the Dem party still to this day haven't realized how much mainstream America distrusts and dislikes Hillary.

Oh well it's not like I won't be having a good time watching Democrats slice their own wrists(politically metaphorically speaking of course)

He not a republican's secret weapon. He is just a person who think he can help our country. It is up to us, to decide if he is or not.

> The moonbats in charge of the Dem party still to this day
> haven't realized how much mainstream America distrusts
> and dislikes Hillary.

Could be, but it is apparent that the Republicans know for
sure just how pissed off the country is the hypcrisy, scandals,
abuse, and corruption and they know they will most likely
lose ... even against Hillary ... even against Obama.

Can't argue with you, Bruce.

On the other hand the Republicans are more scientific about their campaigns ... they can afford to be, and they have the discipline. My fear is that is the race becomes Hillary against Fred, we will have a woman against an older man.

Somehow I think this archetype throws out all the issues or at least deflates most of them. I think Hillary Clinton will be hard pressed not to have deeply ingrained responses to facing an older man of her father's generation in a campaign, and that America will not find it so easy to upset what has been the natural order ... even if Americans do want political change, I think deeper down they are resistant to biological change.

I have a bad feeling about both Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton for this reason. This is a crucial election and to pick this moment to gamble is like throwing away the last election by supporting Gay marriage at the last minute. Remember if was a "loyal?" Democratic mayor, Gavin Newsome, in my opinion that cost the Democrats the election in 2004 by starting off the whole morality thing and letting gays marry in San Francisco.

Times like there are times to crack down on the wackos in the Democratic party, and to not gamble on anything really different when we all need political change ... too much change scares people.