Malas señales para Thompson desde Carolina del Sur

Cuando estás depositando todas tus esperanzas en un buen desempeño en la primaria de Carolina del Sur, que no llegará hasta dentro de dos semanas, no debe ser un buen augurio que el director de la página editorial del periódico más importante de ese estado hable en los términos en que Brad Warthen -editor de The State- habla esta mañana en su blog sobre el Senador Fred Thompson. Le viene a decir que se retire de una vez y apoye a John McCain. Veremos si el candidato utiliza sus previsibles malos resultados de New Hampshire el próximo martes para hacer lo que dice Warthen, o no. Thompson's chance to make a difference: Bow out, endorse McCain

(...) Now, it's my turn to return the favor and tell Fred Thompson something that he should already know: It's time for him to do the principled thing again, and assert what he knew to be true back then: He should bow out, and support McCain. And he should do it now; now is when he can make a difference.

Sen. McCain is tied for first place in New Hampshire polls with a damaged Mitt Romney; Mr. Thompson is in single digits. By the time he comes South, all he will be able to do is be a spoiler, to pull just enough voters away from another candidate (and I suspect that candidate would most likely be his longtime ally McCain) to throw the victory to the surging Huckabee.

Nothing against Huckabee on my part; I just don't see him as the alternative Mr. Thompson himself would prefer. Meanwhile, he has continued to express his continuing respect for Sen. McCain; this would be a chance to show he means it. (...)