I have been a Fred guy from the beginning. Oh, I looked at other candidates. It would be irresponsible not to. But after looking at everyone, and giving them a good raking over the coals, Fred comes out as my favorite pick. He does have his faults, like ethanol subsidies, but in my opinion, he’s the strongest candidate. And now it seems he may have found some energy:
I write this Tuesday night from Waterloo, Iowa and I just finished attending a Fred Thompson campaign event. Folks, this is a very different Fred Thompson I saw compared to his rollout in September.
The expectations are gone. The slow start is a distant memory. It has been replaced by a much more crisp, energetic, focused stump speech. The crowd seemed more engaged and rowdy and Thompson had the enthusiasm to match.
He comes out at the beginning of the event an starts cracking jokes like this one:
“It was getting so cold in Washington that the politicians have their hands in their own pockets.â€
The fear is that it is too little, too late.
