Contestant #1 is Wisconsin’s Own (embarrassment with a trunk, as opposed to multitudes of those with furless tails) Tommy “The Other” Thompson. With the news that the first two-thirds of Rudi McRomney are skipping the August 11 Iowa straw poll that TOT was hoping to use to catapult into the top tier, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting he is now “completely rethinking” the straw man poll gambit (H/T – Owen).
Contestant #2 is somebody who I didn’t have pegged as an early quitter, Tom Tancredo. Fresh off of stepping on his tongue in Tuesday’s debate, the Rocky Mountain News is reporting that once he’s done with his previously-scheduled appearances, he’ll be targeting Pubbie Congresscritters that want amnesty (H/T – Slublog).
If I could find mhking’s “Place Bets Now” graphic, I would be using it. FOUND IT!
The action is not only on who is first, but on whether one or both drop before Fred Thompson announces that his exploratory committee has been converted to a campaign committee.
How did “the Tank” step on his tongue? He said he wants to reduce legal immigration. That’s exactly what some of the hardcore immigration crowd wants.
Or maybe you’re thinking of when he called Teddy Roosevelt a conservative.
Both, and it wasn’t “reduce legal immigration”, it was, “We can talk about all the immigration reform we want and what it’s got to get down to is this: Are we ready for a time-out? Are we actually ready to say, enough is enough, we have to stop all legal immigration except for people coming into this country as family members, immediate family members, and/or refugees.”