"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art."
Fred Thompson is gaining in S. Carolina, Huckabee is losing, says Rasmussen:
Over the past several days, the only real movement in South Carolina’s Republican Presidential Primary has been a four-point gain for Fred Thompson and a five-point decline for Mike Huckabee.
It’s
McCain at 28%, Huckabee at 19%, Mitt Romney at 17%, and Fred Thompson at 16%. Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul are tied with 5% support.
When was the last time you read a newspaper story about handgun possession leading to saving the stalker-threatened life of a lone woman trapped in her house?
Here’s the 911 recording of such an incident of last Nov. 17 in Hessville, Indiana, near Hammond.
This guy picks Fred Thompson for November, emphasizing (guess what?) defense, the ever-present Dem weak point:
Why will he win? Because there are only three candidates who are strong on defense yet do not offend many Republicans: Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson. Of these three, Giuliani seems to be stumbling badly and Romney is stumbling badly enough to give an opening to Thompson.
Robert Frost said it ironically, but fences are important.
Blithe Spirit 