Thompson the ideologue?
by WonkoKevin
Fred Thompson got a nice Meet The Press bounce, going up 10 points in Wonkosphere buzz share amongst conservative bloggers. Thompson’s 20% buzz share Monday and Tuesday is the best he’s done in several weeks. While some of the buzz was about the resignation of a Thompson aide due to a drug-related past, much of it revolved around Thompson’s comments during his interview that he believed that abortion and gay marriage were state-level issues: Fred is a federalist, and it seems to be playing well. Mike Huckabee was quick to pounce on Thompson’s lack of support for the “value-voter”; will it work?
Meanwhile, some voter comments in SC, a state essential to a Thompson nomination, indicate Fred’s got some work to do: ” ‘I don’t know much about the man. He was a TV star and all that, and I’m sure he’s a decent man. But I’ve not heard him talk here. He hasn’t looked me in the eyes,’ said Jim Clark, 64, a retired insurance agent and Vietnam veteran in Irmo, S.C. Upstate in Simpsonville, Jim Schroder, 42, a project manager, said he had all but ruled out Thompson. ‘I don’t know enough about him. I know he was an actor on TV and a senator. There was a lot of hype on him. But the question is does he want it enough?’ “
