The putative truism in the 2008 presidential campaign is that one has to get in on the race really early. Thus, Evita, Osama, Giuliani, McLame, et al have entered the race as early as late 2006. Yet, actor and former Senator Fred Thompson will play it slow and nice and in the end will take the GOP nomination in the summer of 2008.
Thompson is quintessentially Reaganesque. He is in favour of a strong military; he's pro-life. He's in favour of tax cuts and against gay marriage. And he's pro-Second Amendment. Nice. Simple and Sleek. Contrast Thompson's positions with the tortured contortions of Giuliani and McLame, not to mention the flip-flopping of Evita and Osama.
The American electorate has made one thing very clear in the last 50 years: Those with clear, concise and consistent positions always win the presidency.
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