As I drove into South Carolina this morning, I felt a rush of excitement because I was not surrounded by the barren wasteland of Iowa. After seeing Fred's debate performance in Myrtle Beach, I think people are finally realizing that Fred is the candidate of the true conservative, not only in terms of consistency, but also his ability to bring back the Reagan Coalition (interesting article by the way that I found on Drudge:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011408/content/01125111.guest.html). It is necessary that we establish this outright because I think that so many people are undecided that they are looking for someone to look up to. That person is Fred Thompson - a consistent, strong, and trustworthy candidate.
After finally getting some good press after a tremendous debate performance, we had some great news today:
1. Fred is in a statistical dead heat for second place in South Carolina and went up four points in the Rasmussen poll. As far as I am concerned that number is only going up.
2. We had an event tonight in Simpsonville, SC. The hard count (RSVP's) for this event was somewhere near 130. The capacity of the location we were in was 250. At the door, there were over 600 people! This is unheard of for a Republican (or any for that matter) town hall meeting! The response to Fred has been fantastic and we can certainly feel the excitement out here. People were standing outside any window they could find to try and listen to Fred and get a glimpse of America's next President. Just these numbers tell you something about what is going on in the minds of South Carolinians.
This kind of news is what gets me excited about being a part of one of the closest primaries in the history of the Presidential Election process. Its not only fun and educating, but also unpredictable and surprising. Each and every day is different from the next and there is definitely value in being a part of this whole process.
Saturday will definitely be a very important day in this campaign. Fred needs to finish in a very strong position in order to have a chance at the Republican nomination, that I believe he deserves. That makes every moment of every day to help in this effort critical.
Should be interesting to see what happens on January 19. I think we're gonna surprise a lot of people.
And with that conviction, let's get to work in South Carolina!
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