by WonkoKevin

Is Fred Thompson conceding New Hampshire? Thompson is far behind Romney, Giuliani, and McCain, and within the margin of error, tied with Huckabee in fourth place. Thompson’s buzz share amongst conservatives in Wonkosphere was below 10% for the second straight day, and attention is waning. CNN Political Tickers asks, Where is Fred Thompson: “Mitt Romney was in Michigan, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada and then went back to Michigan. Rudy Giuliani visited Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, Alabama, Washington and New Hampshire. John McCain went from Michigan to Iowa to New Hampshire. But where was Fred, as in Fred Thompson? Besides participating in his first presidential debate in Michigan last Tuesday, Thompson was missing from the campaign trail. The former Tennessee senator and star of NBC’s “Law & Order” was scheduled to be in New Hampshire this weekend, but canceled. New Hampshire voters noticed. “He’s a late entry. That will probably hurt him,” said Geri Gormley, of Bow, who visited with McCain but remains uncommitted. “We’re grass roots. Candidates come up and pick our brains, one on one. We had (Barack) Obama’s staff come to our door today. That’s good strategy.” Thompson was supposed to visit a fundraising breakfast for Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta on Friday. But on Thursday afternoon, Guinta’s campaign e-mailed guests to let them know it wasn’t happening. The note cited “scheduling conflicts for the senator.” Thompson is scheduled to surface on Monday for a Fox News Channel interview, and evening remarks to the Conservative Party of New York.”

I think he should concede New Hampshire, but he should do some openly, otherwise he’ll get bit by the Expectations Monster.

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