Posted by
Steve on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:13:55 PM
Today, Fred Thompson takes center stage at the Republican debate in Michigan. All eyes will be on Fred as he is making his first appearance in a debate. All the others have been in debates before, so we know what to expect. With Fred, you do not know what to expect with him this time out.
If Fred Thompson comes out and blows everyone away, he is the front runner and will most likely be the Republican nominee. If he matches Rudy and Mitt, he will be in the same tier with them. If he acts bored and tired, he will be out of the race before he really got into it much.
Rush Limbaugh was talking about one thing the candidates need to do today. He said the candidates need to put into words the dissatisfaction that Republican voters have with the main stream media. If they get it right, it can jump start a floundering campaign. If they get it wrong, it will mean more of the same for the campaigns. Right now, no campaign has caught the imagination of the Republican voters. One that could put Republican dissatisfaction into words would really catch fire and lap the rest of the field. There are exceptions to this of course; Ron Paul and John McCain are two that could not do it if they tried. I am talking of the top three candidates. If any one of them manages to break into the Republican irritation with the news media and the Democrat party, they would have so much energy they could not contain it.
This is written about the time the debate will start. I expect that the debate will be like all the other debates as far as who does well. Mitt Romney will be considered best by most people as he is usually considered the best. Rudy Giuliani has his ups and downs. When he attacks Mrs. Bill Clinton he does well. When he tries to be like the other candidates, he does poorly. My guess is that he will try to get his digs in about 9/11 to bring his positives up. If Chris Matthews lets him he will get away with it. If Chris Matthews wants him to debate as a Republican, he will do poorly. Fred Thompson will come across as informed and will do well. I expect some will think he won the debate, but most will put him in second or third place.
They are debating in one of the worst off areas of the country. The region was chosen because it has gone Democrat recently and needs to go Republican. Mitt Romney was born in Michigan and is somewhat of a home town hero. One of the questions will be how do you get Michigan out of the doldrums that have stricken it in the past few years. The answer is actually quite simple, get rid of Democrat rule. Democrats raise taxes. Taxes need to be reduced. Welfare needs to be reduced. People need to be encouraged to go back to work, not stay on welfare. The biggest help to Michigan would be for the state of Michigan to cut its tax rates to some of the lowest in the country and the growth rate would go off the charts. The Democrat Governor would have a fit about this and the Democrat legislature would never reduce taxes. The prescription would fall on deaf political ears in Michigan. It may fall on fertile voting ears in Michigan. That would go a long way to make Michigan a Republican state and a state where people would like to live again.
This election should be a clear one for voters. You have the socialist plan put forth by the Democrat candidates. You have the freedom loving capitalist plan put forth by the Republican candidates. We are at a crossroads. Will we choose freedom or economic slavery that is socialism? I believe that Americans if given a true choice will pick freedom. We are not so far gone as the liberals think we are to choose the slavery of socialism.