Monday, June 11, 2007
Will pokes at the Thompson "bubble"
The article is not so noteworthy for the content (similar to themes seen here and at R 4 '08), as for who is offering it: George Will, a conservative intellectual heavyweight, who apparently feels the same way about the budding FDT campaign that I do.
Speaking of Fred Thompson ...
Some say he is the Republicans' Rorschach test: They all see in him what they crave. Or he might be the Republicans' dot-com bubble, the result of restless political investors seeking value that the untutored eye might not discern and that might be difficult to quantify but which the investors are sure must be there, somewhere, somehow.
One does not want to be unfair to Thompson, who may have hidden depths. But ask yourself this: If he did not look like a basset hound who had just read a sad story—say, "Old Yeller"—and if he did not talk like central casting's idea of the god Sincerity, would anyone think he ought to be entrusted with the nation's nuclear arsenal?
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1 comments:
Here's the thing about Thompson - there's nothing wrong with him, per se, it's just that there's nothing more right with him that justifies his polling. I am curious to hear even one Thompson supporter indicate what specific position on what issue he has that makes him of more interest than Rudy, McCain, Mitt, or any of the other Republican candidates.
While I can see where some people are dissatisfied with the pool of candidates, because of one issue or another, I don't see where Thompson is the solution. I see where Gingrich might be the solution for SoCons (although that would require overlooking his past family issues), but I don't see what specific solution Thompson provides.
The only possibility is that perhaps some see him as the most palatable balance of the "electable" candidates. My guess though is that many of these voters are not at all familiar with Romney. In the states where he has raised his visibility most (Iowa, NH) he is leading. I'd guess more people will switch to Romney over time.