The Making of a Candidate

Profiling Conservatives

Commentary for Thursday 03/08/2007 A Profiling Conservaties

Conservative Search: Although the headlines are full of the McCain slump and the meteroric rise of Giuliani, there is an effort to draft actor and former Senator, Fred D. Thompson. Thompson has good conservative credentials. His history in politics is rooted in Tennesee where he served in the campaign of Senator Howard Baker(R) in 1972. He went on to serve as co-chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal. In 1994, he was elected to serve out the unexpired term in the Senate of Al Gore who had resigned the seat to become Vice-President. Thompson went on to re-election following the served out term of Al Gore. For personal reasons Fred Thompson declined to run for the Senate again, and resumed his acting career.

Thompson's Appeal: Thompson has a magnetic straight forward manner that appeals to the electorate. He has good oratory skills and an intelligent grasp of the issues. Here at Daylite Sun, we feel like a Fred Thompson candidacy would be a real asset, and would enrich the choices for the Republicans. The primary election is the stage to determine the candidate that the party will support. This is the stage to boot the ones we are unhappy with, and promote those with whom we have hope. In the election of November 2006, the voters chose to boot their candidates in the main election and to not take care of those issues in the primaries. Because of this, the Republican Party suffered a major defeat. The importance of the primary process needs invigorating, which is why a candidacy of Fred Thompson would be good for the Republican Party.

Finding the Faults: It is up to the candidates running for public office to expose any weaknesses in their oponents. Most call campaigning an excercise in "mud slinging", but in reality, these primary campaigns provide the information to the public that enables an intelligent choice. If everybody played "nice" during the primaries, we could wind up with a loser for the main election. You can be sure that the opposition party will exploit any weaknesses of a candidate without mercy.

Supporters of Fred D. Thompson can encourage him to run by visiting the 'Draft Fred Thompson' website here: (Website no longer available)
http://draftfredthompson.com/ also participate in the dialogue about him.

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