South Carolina Debate Quick Thought

[Update!] Here's a better version of the quote/attack by Thompson:

"On the one hand," he said, "you have the Reagan revolution, you have the Reagan coalition of limited government and strong national security. And the other hand, you have the direction that Governor Huckabee would take us in. He would be a Christian leader, but he would also bring about liberal economic policies, liberal foreign policies."

Thompson then lit into Huckabee, the former Baptist preacher and Arkansas governor who won the Iowa caucus, for wanting to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for supporting what he called "taxpayer-funded programs for illegals" and for wanting to sign a law restricting smoking.

"That's not the model of the Reagan coalition, that's the model of the Democratic Party," he said.

Fred Thompson just made his move - blasts Huckabee on his liberal record and "Reagan" pandering (paraphrase):

That doesn't sound like the Reagan coalition, that sounds like the platform of the Democratic Party!