Thompson Launches 11-Day S.C. Campaign Blitz

Skipping the New Hampshire primary where he received very little support, GOP Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is launching an 11-day campaign blitz by bus in South Carolina leading up to the Republican primary on Jan. 19.

The former U.S. Senator from Tennessee did much better than expected in Iowa and Wyoming, picking up 3 delegates to the GOP Convention in the summer, but the candidate had trouble connecting in New Hampshire.

South Carolina, however, represents a ray of hope for Thompson. He has polled well in the state, and his visits to the Palmetto State have been very well-received.

Thompson hopes that his 11-day blitz will shore up his support and gain new supporters just prior to the South Carolina primary.

Mike Huckabee, however, has been a problem for Thompson ever since the former Arkansas Governor began his surge in popularity. South Carolina is home to a significant number of conservative evangelical Christian voters who are smitten by Huckabee's status as a Baptist minister and his views on abortion and so-called 'family values.'

A closer look at Huckabee would reveal that the candidate is no conservative at all except for his views on the social issues that resonate with conservative Christians. As Governor, Huckabee consistently promoted higher taxes, bigger government, more government spending, and a shocking callousness to the desire of the American people to stem the tide of the flow of illegal aliens into the country.

He also exhibits an alarming lack of knowledge on foreign policy issues.

Thompson hopes to cash in on these glaring weaknesses of the Huckabee bandwagon. It is to be hoped, for the sake of the nation and South Carolina both, that conservative Christians in the Palmetto State are smart enough to understand that a smiling personality and a pro-life stance are not the only credentials necessary to being President.

After all, Fred Thompson has a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Campaign.

Huckabee is not the only one whose values mirror those of conservative Christians. With Thompson not only do we get someone who is pro-life and pro-family, but we get a staunch defender of gun rights, small government, lower taxes, and a strong U.S. defence and foreign policy to boot.

In short, Thompson is the total package. Huckabee is a big government wolf in sheep's clothing.