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TODAY'S STORIES
01.01.2008
Drop Dead Fred (Thompson, That Is)

Everyone's already noted the surprising findings about Obama and Huckabee in the final DMR poll. But it's an unsurprising one that pleases me most: Fred Thompson is polling in the single digits and is tied with Ron Paul.

In case you missed it over the holiday weekend, you should read Mike's tragicomic pre-obit of the Thompson presidential campaign. Given what Mike witnessed, it's easy to think Thompson would actually be relieved by a fifith-place finish in Iowa, since it would give him an excuse to tell his wife that he's dropping out right then and there.

P.S. By the way, it's not modesty--but something else, alas--that's stopped me from linking to all the posts I wrote last year ridiculing the idea that Thompson was some sort of Republican savior. I'm so rarely actually right about something. And now I can't even engage in a little New Year's boasting.

P.P.S. Ah, here's an example of my prescience. (Sorry Chait.) The New Republic might not have TNR's archives, but the Free Republic does!

--Jason Zengerle

Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:29 PM with 4 comment(s)

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sullydog said:

"--but something else, alas--" (link to "Blame Canada!" South Park clip).

Okay, Jason, at the risk of sounding totally dense or completely un-hip....

...I don't get it.

January 1, 2008 3:52 PM

wesmcgee said:

CanWest, who bought the New Republic are the people responsible for the redesign of the website, and the subsequent (and seemingly unresolvable) loss of their archives.

January 1, 2008 11:29 PM

ilnoca said:

Sully, CanWest purchased TNR this past year. While the writing and editorial oversight haven't seemed to change much since the purchase, certain infrastructural changes--at least pertaining to the website--have really blown.

Seriously, two comments I slapped onto the Boragrting Obama story never showed up. These intertubes programming dohickies shouldn't be that hard.

January 1, 2008 11:36 PM

lgongaware said:

Archive access was touted as one of the benefits of subscribing to the online TNR.  In other words, a subscriber benefit I paid for (and continue to pay for) was removed.  No refund was offered.  Not a notice nor an apology.

I will return the TNR "screw you" customer service by not renewing my subscription after years of subscribing.

January 3, 2008 2:51 PM