Thompson quits race, Manzullo to be neutral for now
January 22nd, 2008 at 02:43pm Chuck Sweeny
Congressman Don Manzullo, R-Egan, will not immediately endorse another presidential candidate now that Fred Thompson has officially quit the race.
Manzullo was an early-on supporter of the former Tennessee senator and Hollywood actor, but Thompson never captured the imagination of enough voters to catch-on. He certainly didn’t act like an enthused candidate. Thompson without a script to read turned out to be a very boring guy.
Manzullo, first elected in 1992 and a candidate for re-election, will be neutral on the presidential race for the time being, said Rich Carter, his spokesman.
“He’s going to take some time to evaluate the economic policies and records of the remaining candidates,” Carter said Tuesday afternoon.
So, who’s remaining? Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. Thompson’s withdrawal could help Mitt, and it could also help Huck. I’m not sure Giuliani is really in the race, certainly he will be out of it if he doesn’t win Florida, the only place he’s been campaigning.
Right now it’s basically McCain, Romney, Huckabee race in the GOP.
Yes, I know Ron Paul, the white collar anarchist, is also a Republican candidate. While he has no chance of winning the nomination, he will eventually affect the outcome because at some point his supporters will migrate to other candidates.
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2 Comments Add your own
1. fazsha | January 26th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
No one cares what Manzullo thinks. Manzullo is protected by his cronies at the Register-Star. He says he’s for small government, but his minions brag about bringing back federal pork to Northern Illinois - of course, they don’t call it pork, because that would out them as the big government Republicans they are. Anyone who has “lots of friends” in Washington to “get things done” is not the taxpayers’ friend. To have any credibility, he needs to spell out how he plans to balance the budget. The last good think Manzullo ever did to fight big govt was to fight against forced integration.
He’ll go McCain, because he is Washington establishment to the core. Bank on it.
2. rmartin | February 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am
How can voters even consider voting for Manzullo ? He has consistently shown poor judgement not only in his political endorsements (which show how out of touch he is with his constiuents) but in his lack fo helping solve any of the major problems facing his District. He needs to be replaced by someone that will actually work and work hard for the 16th District. That someone is Robert Abboud.
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