Thompson 27% Giuliani 24% in Race for GOP Nomination
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Rasmussen Reports - After weeks of turmoil and change, the race for the Republican Presidential nomination has stabilized.
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the clear front-runner in the crowded GOP presidential field and has a substantial lead on the closest competition, according to a CNN poll released Monday.
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Fred D. Thompson will formally announce his bid for the Republican nomination for president next Thursday.
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Hollywood actor and former senator Fred Thompson declared his long expected candidacy for U.S. president on Wednesday, formally entering the 2008 White House race with a TV interview as his Republican rivals gathered for a debate.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Former Senator Fred Thompson, after months of flirting with a possible presidential run, will enter the 2008 Republican nomination contest next week with a Sept. 6 Internet announcement and five-day campaign tour through Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, his organization said today.
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Bloomberg - Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Former Senator Fred Thompson, after months of flirting with a possible presidential run, will officially enter the 2008 Republican nomination contest next week, according to people familiar with the campaign.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Mike Huckabee has surged into a virtual tie with front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the national 2008 Republican presidential race two weeks before the first contest, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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TAMPA, Florida  - A front-runner could emerge in the Republican race for the presidency in Florida where voters on Tuesday cast ballots that could also sink one-time favorite Rudy Giuliani's White House bid.
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Law and Order star Fred Thompson puts himself forward as Republican candidate to succeed Bush.
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Rudy Giuliani, courting the Republican rank and file in an important state, sought Saturday to make the case that his vision for the future and performance in the past makes him a strong candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Former New York City mayor Rudy  Giuliani is trailing in the race for the Republican  presidential nomination even on his home turf of New York  state, a new poll showed on Monday.
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Barack Obama leads the Democratic presidential field in South Carolina, while Fred Thompson is challenging Rudy Giuliani for the top spot among Republican contenders, according to a new poll.
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Republican presidential hopefuls Thursday headed to a verbal face-off, five days ahead of Florida's key primary, with Mitt Romney and John McCain leading opinion polls and ex-New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani battling to stay in the race.
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Latecomer Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the 2008 presidential race, is setting Republican pulses racing in this early voting state.
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Fred Thompson, an actor and former senator who has not formally entered the 2008 White House race, leads Republican presidential contenders for the first time, according to a Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday.
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Republican Fred Thompson gained a bump in support after his long-delayed entry in the 2008 presidential race and nearly caught front-runner Rudy Giuliani in two opinion polls released on Tuesday.
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Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, will take a step toward a formal presidential candidacy next week, several officials with knowledge of the plans said