Comments on: Fred Thompson’s Final Push in Iowa http://conservativeinc.com/fred-thompsons-final-push-in-iowa/ You Read, I'm Right Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Aaron http://conservativeinc.com/fred-thompsons-final-push-in-iowa/#comment-490 Aaron Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:33:27 +0000 http://conservativeinc.com/fred-thompsons-final-push-in-iowa/#comment-490 I agree that Thompson is the best conservative choice. He also seems to have the most consistency between what he says and how he governed. As far as the polls go, I would encourage folks (especially caucus-goers in Iowa) to not pay too much attention to them. Remember in 2004 when Howard Dean was the odds-on favorite to win Iowa a few days before the caucus? He finished third (which of course led to his infamous scream and subsequent campaign tailspin). I firmly believe that many polls are designed to shape opinions, not reflect them. I don't know if Iowans are interested in Fred Thompson or not, but I would hate to think that people would go vote for Romney or Huckabee simply because they want to vote for the winner. All that to say, I encourge you to vote your mind, not based on the polls. I myself will vote for Fred Thompson in my state's (Washington) primary, regardless of who the "front-runner" is, because I believe in the power of his ideas and I believe he means what he says. I agree that Thompson is the best conservative choice. He also seems to have the most consistency between what he says and how he governed.

As far as the polls go, I would encourage folks (especially caucus-goers in Iowa) to not pay too much attention to them. Remember in 2004 when Howard Dean was the odds-on favorite to win Iowa a few days before the caucus? He finished third (which of course led to his infamous scream and subsequent campaign tailspin). I firmly believe that many polls are designed to shape opinions, not reflect them. I don’t know if Iowans are interested in Fred Thompson or not, but I would hate to think that people would go vote for Romney or Huckabee simply because they want to vote for the winner.

All that to say, I encourge you to vote your mind, not based on the polls. I myself will vote for Fred Thompson in my state’s (Washington) primary, regardless of who the “front-runner” is, because I believe in the power of his ideas and I believe he means what he says.

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