Fred, don't discount the power of Iowa

Fred, don't discount the power of Iowa

No presidential candidate who has come in fourth in the Iowa caucuses has gone on to win their party's nomination.

None.

And that's why Tennessee's Fred Thompson may have made a campaign-killing mistake. With one month until the first-in-the-nation caucus, he has all but ignored Iowa. The latest poll, taken by the Des Moines Register, shows Thompson coming in a low fourth, with 9 percent of the likely GOP voters.

Fred Thompson will not win his party's nomination in Iowa, because he has come in fourth in the caucuses. I agree that he has made a mistake somewhere in his campaign, because he has ignored Iowa and came in fourth with 9 percent GOP voters.