Fred seems to finally want the job. He has put on a full court press in Iowa going into this last week of campaigning before the primary January 3:
Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest is next Thursday, and the campaigns’ bets are now in — and Mr. Thompson, a former Tennessee senator, has the most to gain or lose.
“We had to have a very strong showing in some of the early states so we could go to South Carolina in a competitive mode, and we decided Iowa is the best for that,” said William B. Lacy, Mr. Thompson’s campaign manager, who said Iowa is “just tailor-made” for the kind of barnstorming tour Mr. Thompson is conducting. He said the hope is with Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Romney “fighting it out at the top, to just slide right up through the middle.”
“We’re kind of placing a large bet people are taking a second look, that they’re not locked in,” Mr. Lacy said.
As I talked about before, Iowans are not locked in. Fred is doing a good job finding those people who are still looking for their candidate and giving them a second look at what he has to offer them. Hopefully, it isn’t too late.
