CBS:
Even while former senator and Law & Order actor Fred Thompson hasn’t officially started his bid for the White House, his online presence would make you think that there isn’t even a question.
Thompson’s website (www.imwithfred.com) is multifaceted, enabling users, for example, to find their local media to contact newspapers and talk radio to show […]
Lincoln Tribune:
While Rudy Giuliani is still in first place in the race for the Republican preference for President, he has dropped by eight points from last month and former Senator and television star Fred Thompson is catching up. Three in ten adults who say they will vote in a Republican primary or caucus say they […]
World Net Daily:
With a campaign built on new technology and a flair for the dramatic, former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson appears ready to stir up the race for the Republican presidential nomination, generating 500 responses from potential contributors and volunteers immediately after news leaked of his determination to run.
“Can’t keep up with the incoming. … […]
National Journal’s The Gate:
The actor Thompson being, of course, Fred Thompson — star of “In The Line Of Fire,” “Law and Order,” and lately, the fevered dreams of many a GOP primary voter. Unfortunately for Tommy Thompson, that joke may have backfired, as National Review’s Katherine Jean Lopez points out. By the time the next […]
John Fund:
“Mr. Thompson will run an unorthodox campaign, one that will challenge the conventional wisdom about how to run for president. Even if it proves unsuccessful, it’s useful for a candidate to occasionally come along and ask if the rules everybody is following were made for a different time and new approaches are appropriate.”
Jonah Goldberg at the National Review:
But there’s no denying that Fred Thompson has one of the most profound personality cults we’ve seen in politics for a long time. While traveling around the country in recent months, I’ve been amazed at how many rank-and-file Republicans see Thompson as a secular savior, as if Thompson were designed […]
Conservative Voice:
Ever since President Reagan passed away in 2004, when even liberals seemed to appreciate him and his role in history, there has been a demand among rank and file conservatives that we find another Ronald W. Reagan.
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All of this brings me to Republican Fred Thompson. The former Tennessee Senator seems to be about to […]
By Erick Griggs at the American Chronicle:
Fred Thompson-Along with Rudy,possibly the most electable.But unlike Rudy,he is a conservative on all issues.Some people have made comparisons between Thompson and conservative icon Ronald Reagan.Both having an agreeable disposition and been solid conservatives.One of the questions that this observer has is can he hold up in a rough […]
(via Breitbart.tv)
Robert Novak:
Fred Thompson sat at the end of a long table in The Monocle restaurant on Capitol Hill Tuesday night for dinner with some 20 fellow conservatives, mostly journalists. He sent two signals. First, he sounded like a man who has decided to run for president. Second, his candidacy will be something different from other […]