May 30, 2007
Paging Von Bek, again
If Fred Thompson does indeed get in the race, and Tommy Thompson doesn't see the writing on the wall and drop out before then, won't it be more than a little confusing to have two Thompsons vying for the Republican nomination?
Ace's moron-blog readers have already confused the two while voting in an online poll and these are, presumably, people who read blogs and should be more plugged in than the general population.
So, how will it work with two Thompsons? And have we ever had a race where two candidates shared a last name?
Posted by Karol at May 30, 2007 04:29 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Fred+Thompson Tommy+Thompson Presidential+Candidates Election+2008
Fred should pick Tommy as his running mate. Their posters and buttons would be smaller and they would save a mint.
Posted by: Jake at May 30, 2007 08:40 PMT2
Posted by: Gerard at May 30, 2007 10:07 PM???????? ( ?
I don't, frankly, get this reasoning at all. I have found an astonishing level of idiocy and ineptitude among bloggers and posters. No more astonishing than among the general population, but certainly no less.
Remember: reading the posts of idiots doesn't make one more "plugged in"; it simply makes one more conversant in the thought processes of idiots.
Present company excluded, of course.
Posted by: Michael at May 30, 2007 10:35 PMThat's not what I posted. I don't know what happened there.
Posted by: Michael at May 30, 2007 10:36 PMFred should pick Tommy as his running mate. Their posters and buttons would be smaller and they would save a mint.
And they'd have the perfect campaign song.
I seem to recall reading that when Eugene McCarthy was running for President, some small amount of his support came from people who thought they were voting for Joseph McCarthy.
Posted by: Yaron at May 31, 2007 12:48 AMI think Pat Buchanan ran against James Buchanan in 1856.
Posted by: BadBoyInASuit at May 31, 2007 12:56 AMIgnoring the odd brother against brother moments (like when two Kennedy brothers got votes in the 1968 convention-though one was dead; when both Fatty Howell Cobb and his fanatic little brother Tom were both candidates in 1861 in Montgomery-Jeff Davis crushed them not to mention the two other candidates from GA; and both Charlie and W.J. Bryan both being candidates in New York at the Dem convention in '24), the best example is when Gov. Davis clashed with former Amb. Davis and a zillion other candidates in 1924 at the same 103 ballot Dem convention which saw the Bryan brothers both have support. Amb. Davis somehow won the damn thing only to get crushed by Silent Cal. Charlie Bryan as Vp didn't help.
On an aside, Tommy Thomposn seems to be doing some decent work in laying a campaign in Iowa. If he can actually pull himself together for a debate (sorry but he did a bad job in both of the debates so far), he may be able to be the first guy in the second tier, kind of like what Bill Richardson is to the Dems. The problem is like Lamar in 2000, he could be putting way too much into the Ames Straw poll. If he flops there, he could be toast.
As long as I am on the "other" candidates, why the hell can't Gilmore raise money ? This is downright humiliating for a former RNC chair.
Posted by: Von Bek at May 31, 2007 08:05 AMThey should run as mates, it'll save space on bumperstickers.
Posted by: ReganConservative at May 31, 2007 08:15 AMDamn Jake beat me to it!
Posted by: ReganConservative at May 31, 2007 08:15 AMI seem to remember we had Kerry and Kerrey in 1988.
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at May 31, 2007 03:03 PMNah. Bob Kerrey ran in 92.
Posted by: Von Bek at June 1, 2007 08:04 AM
