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Since he began running his guerrilla campaign three months ago, Thompson has come a long way by playing hard to get. He has appealed to GOP voters not by campaigning but by intravenous means: filling in for Paul Harvey, writing for the Wall Street Journal Op-Ed page, blogging. The idea has been to feed the hunger of conservatives who don't see much in the current field to admire--and then rise up to fill the void. Though still officially undeclared, Thompson gets about 12% of the vote in primary-poll matchups...
...three Democratic candidates - Clinton, Edwards and Obama - all support stem cell research. On the GOP side both Giuliani and McCain do too. The conservative candidates - Romney, Brownback, Huckabee and likely candidate Fred Thompson - firmly oppose such research, which is anathema to their pro-life supporters. As Brownback said during the Senate's April vote on the issue, "This would say we can treat humans at the youngest age of their life continuum as property and that we will use Federal taxpayer dollars to destroy them and to do research on them...
...expect this nation to take you seriously as a leader and statesman after you stated at the GOP debate last month that you do not believe in evolution? -Michael Magee, San Diego, Calif.We were asked to raise our hand in response to a question, and it's difficult to explain your beliefs like that. I actually believe that evolution exists, but I also believe that creationism is the prime mover of that evolutionary process. So if I could explain it, maybe people would understand a little more about me, then they can decide to take me seriously...
What sets you apart from the other GOP candidates? -Anthony Brown, Omaha, Neb.I think that the fact that I have the most consistent record on immigration, along ith the most consistent record on conservative issues in general. That is, Sen. Brownback has certainly been consistent on the life issue. But if you put everything together-fiscal along with social issues, then I would come out with the most consistently conservative background...
...what many ever-more-curious e-mails over GOP-open have hinted at: What can this make Jeff Kwong, other than a hypocrite? But despite so many challenges, he has refused (perhaps because he’s unable) to defend this position when challenged over GOP-open...