ABC News:
Television actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson’s flirtation with running for president is drawing mostly a collective yawn from his Republican rivals.
Thompson’s prospective race is being hailed by some Republicans as a way to save the party in the November 2008 presidential election against a group of 10 candidates who have been unable […]
If Fred Thompson’s campaign is like “Mighty Mouse,” then Huckabee’s is just plain laughable:
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Monday the buzz about former Sen. Fred Thompson’s expected entry into the race reminds him of a cartoon superhero.
“There is this almost created sense of this Mighty Mouse candidacy, ‘Here I come to save the day,”‘ Huckabee […]
Newsmax:
Presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday during a fundraising stop in Mississippi that Fred Thompson would make a viable Republican candidate, but he didn’t express concern that his former Senate colleague would siphon off votes in the GOP primary.
AP:
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he’d welcome Fred Thompson into the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
Romney said Thompson, an actor and former senator from Tennessee, would add interest to the race. Thompson served two terms in the Senate but is best known as the district attorney on NBC’s drama “Law & Order.”
“I’m probably […]
WLUC:
Rudy Giuliani says he’d welcome former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson into the presidential race.
But campaigning today in California, Giuliani argued that he’s still the stronger candidate in terms of cutting taxes, fighting terrorism and bringing traditionally Democratic states — like New York and California — into play in a general election.