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TheSource on 22 January 2008

Supposed Republican savior Fred Thompson has dropped out of the GOP race for president.  Huckabee and Guiliani are short on money.  Paul essentially can't win the nomination...although he has enough money and support to win. 

So Republicans: Who do you like?

Romney, the liberal flip-flopping Mormom from Massachussets, or

Mccain, the Savings and Loan Scandal, moderate war hero from the South West?

You have about ~three weeks to decide unless Ron Paul pulls off a miracle.  No one else has the money to advertise enough on super tuesday. 



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stof on 22 January 2008

Fred Thompson was well on his way to being the next president until he made one crucial mistake... He declared his candidacy! Almost over night any interest in him vanished.



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Desroko on 22 January 2008

He seemed to be under the impression that all he had to do was declare to win the nomination. He was too good for any of that campaigning crap.

Also, who in the hell convinced him that he had star power? Anrold Schwarzenegger does not provide a blueprint for politicial success.



cool48 on 22 January 2008

I would go with McCain but I don't live in the States so I have no say in what happens.



akuma587 on 22 January 2008

No one will miss Fred Thompson. What some people thought was a swan dive turned into a belly flop after he entered the race.

I am no Republican, but I like Giuliani and McCain.



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totalwar23 on 22 January 2008

I don't know why in the hell people actually thought Fred Thompson would be the next president in the first place.



Avinash_Tyagi on 22 January 2008

I think it will likely be McCain for the nomination, and unless Paul runs as an independent and draws aways republican support or Obama wins the Dem nomination, I see MCcain winning in November since Hillary won't beat McCain alone



 

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Desroko on 22 January 2008

Yeah, it's lookingly increasingly likely that McCain will be the next US president. He's my least-disliked Republican, so I'm not too bumed by that.



krik on 22 January 2008
Desroko said:
Yeah, it's lookingly increasingly likely that McCain will be the next US president. He's my least-disliked Republican, so I'm not too bumed by that.

 So you just assuming republicans will win the elections again? I think after Bush even Hillary as a chance

 



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Desroko on 22 January 2008

I don't think Clinton can win, not against McCain, at least. McCain has consistently had the ownest "won't vote for" rating of any contender this year, while Clinton has had the highest. Nearly half of the country says they won't vote for her. Those numbers can shift obviously, but she has a huge handicap.