Fred Thompson's First Campaign Event: "Low Energy, Boring, Pathetic"

Posted by Mike Gehrke on September 7, 2007 at 11:05 AM

Ryan Sager writes about Fred Thompson's first event in Iowa:

I just attended Fred Thompson's first campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa. The quick take: This is a whimper of a start.

I'm writing from the filing center that the Thompson campaign has set up in the Polk County Convention Complex, and the verdict from the grizzled and cynical Des Moines press corps is harsh: "Pathetic" was the word used by one vet. "Small" and "low energy" were the words used to describe the crowd.

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Yikes. Sort of like the declining number of jobs that were created in the country last month? We need a high energy person to get this economy going again.

Why was the crowd so small? I would have thought there would be a lot of curiosity if nothing else. Has Thompson's reputation proceeded him? Or has his agent/wife alienated everyone in the Iowa GOP?
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SandyH on September 7, 2007 at 05:05 PM

My fellow Democratic bretheren,

Beware-- America's Evita is coming and her name is Jeri Thompson!!

Stop her now!!
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KDLumsden on September 8, 2007 at 03:55 PM


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