New Hampshire debate and Fred Thompson

An editorial in the Union Leader of New Hampshire has decided the GOP primary will hinge on their debate, scheduled for September 5.  For some reason the editorial board seems to think that it matters in this national debate.  Fred Thompson will announce when he thinks it’s appropriate to do so.  I would also submit that just because a candidate has announced doesn’t mean that it makes sense to participate in the New Hampshire debate.

In terms of delegate counts New Hampshire is small, 24 delegates, so why put so much importance on a state that has a smaller delegate count than Wyoming?  Yes it’s early, yes they have a state law mandating that it be first in the country.  Now don’t misunderstand every state is important, every vote is important but for the Union Leader to act like New Hampshire is somehow superior to all the other states is ludicrous.

Now why does the Union Leader care anyway?  This just another liberal newspaper that is trying (and succeeding) to get national attention by threatening Fred Thompson that he is somehow alienating New Hampshire voters if he doesn’t show up and give them what amounts to two minutes.

There is almost no value in these debates anyway, the numbers have shown that no body watches them I would be perfectly happy with no primary debates, let the candidates do speeches, public appearances, etc.  People get much more out that when they go listen to candidates directly rather than they sound bite, media driven debates.

Everyone else has jumped into this race way too early so they are criticizing the one candidate who is respecting people and their willingness to tolerate politics