The first 2008 presidential caucuses will take place today. Every national and international media outlet will focus on the State of Iowa to witness, a very historical presidential caucuses; there never been a more exciting presidential election in the last 20 years until now. The Republican field is very wide open, with Former Governor Mike Huckabee leading by two percentage points over Former Governor Mitt Romney, with Senator McCain in third place, Major Rudy Giuliani in fourth place, and Former Senator Fred Thompson in fifth place. Huckabee and Romney been trading political punches for last several weeks launching waves of attacks towards each other, trying to gain some extra political ground among Republican Caucuses goers. Senator McCain with also landing a few punches against Mitt Romney attacking his record on National Security and Terrorism and questioning Romney's Conservatism. The one thing Iowans hate is political mud slinging and personal political attacks ads.
The GOP field is hurting itself by attacking one another, and not being straight forward on the issues, at hand such as taxation (Fair Tax Legislation), out of control spending, gun control (Second Amendment), Global Warning, Alternative Energy, Abortion, and Gay Marriage. Social, fiscal, and foreign policy conservative are still searching for that Regan like candidate to emerge and restored creditability and respectability to the Republican Party. As stated on title of this blog "Thompson's Time to Rise"? Senator Fred Thompson been consist presidential candidate with his message, reduce the role of government, control spending, endorse the fair tax, improve broader security, invest more in alternative energy, and continue the war on terrorism. While the top Republican candidates beat each other up politically over issues of spending, national security, foreign policy, taxation, and etc. It's a perfect time for Senator Fred Thompson to step up and grab the attention of the Reagan Conservative Movement and become their saviour. Senator Thompson have the experience, and capability of winning the Republican nomination, or at least become a Vice Presidential candidate. Senator Thompson is a great politician, but a somewhat a sluggish communicator. Senator Thompson been lacking in energy and fire since entering the presidential race back in September of 2007. Some political experts and including myself have been wondering,"Does Thompson really want to be come President of the United States?" Senator Thompson had the same attitude during his term in the United States Senate, and became very successful. Lazy Fred Thompson is just as capable of winning the White House as any other presidential candidate. Thompson needs to be a stronger communicator, and do a better job getting out his conservative message. The conservative caucuses goers are looking for a presidential republican candidate to rally behind. Some conservatives feel Romney is not sincere, Huckabee, McCain, and Giuliani can not be trusted. Senator Thompson has a legitimate shot of at least coming in second or third place in the Iowa Caucuses, and using the momentum going into New Hampshire, Michigan, and South Carolina in the upcoming days. It's Senator Thompson's time to rise and meet the expectation among political conservative. It's time for Senator Thompson step up and show the conservative base of the Republican Party, that he's the candidate to restore Reagan Conservatism and get American back on track.
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