GOP Race Shakes Up Before Big Game
- Michelle Vu - Christian Post
- Jan 24, 2008
Defeat in South Carolina took a heavy toll on two Republican Christian favorites this week. Early evangelical darling Fred Thompson called it quits Tuesday and former rival Mike Huckabee admitted he was thinking of an exit plan in case of defeat.
Experts had already predicted that Thompson would fold if he did not win the state. His campaign was out of cash and the former “Law & Order” actor was performing low in national polls.
“He’s really been good lately, but it’s too late,” CNN analyst Bill Bennett said of the former Tennessee senator after South Carolina results began to come in. “If you’re a Southern conservative and you can’t make it in South Carolina, it’s over.”
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