Fred: Huck surge may be short-lived
Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:38 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ’s Adam Aigner-Treworgy
Thompson called it “very interesting” that Huckabee is second -- within the margin of error of first -- in recent Iowa polling. “I wonder who will lead it next week and the week after that and the week after that,” Thompson said. “It’s a fluctuating situation in Iowa as always, you know, everybody’s just going to have to do the best they can do and see how it turns out in the end.”
Thompson was just warming up, as he went on to imply that Huckabee’s surge may be short-lived. “Well he is, he’s kind of new to the first tier I guess you might say, and so they probably don’t know him as well as they know some of the rest of us,” Thompson said. “But that’s a situation that will be cured shortly. That’s the reward you get for doing well in a poll. You start getting attention, and I’m sure that’ll happen with regard to him as it’s happened to all of us.”
As far as him saying yesterday that he needs to finish in the top three in Iowa in order to remain viable: “Well I’m not sure exactly how that came out,” he said. “I try to make it a point not to pick any particular numbers. I said I needed to do well here, and I think everybody -- but it’s difficult to tell what well is at this stage of the game. I think we’re doing just fine. I think we’re where we need to be right now, and if you look back at the history of Iowa and Iowa caucuses you know that it’s never over until its over, and that the thing to do is to be steady and strong and I think what we’re doing now is showing good results as evidenced the reception I got here today.”
Thompson also used the line putting down Romney and Rudy that he used on This Week on Sunday. "Managers are the type of people leaders hire....," he said.
