Thompson Can Unify Republicans by Jed Babbin

Faced with either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as their national opponent, Republicans cannot risk disunity in the fall campaign.  Whoever is the Republicans nominate must be able to both unify and energize the core constituencies of their party.  When South Carolinians go to the polls tomorrow, their choice is between several men who cannot unify the party and one who probably can.

Fred Thompson’s ability to unify conservatives around their core principles should be much on South Carolinians’ minds.  As should the record of the other contenders. 

Throughout his career, Sen. John McCain has been a divisive force in Republican politics.  His most famous victories and defeats were on measures in which he had allied himself with liberal Democrats.  The awful campaign finance legislation was McCain-Feingold, not McCain-Sessions or McCain-Cornyn. 

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