Republican Thompson enters race for president
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Hollywood actor and former senator Fred Thompson declared his 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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Fred Thompson didn't enter the 2008 presidential race Tuesday, but he talked like he was getting close to jumping in.
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday said he would welcome Republican rival Fred Thompson to the race, but also took some jabs at Thompson's long delay in formally announcing his candidacy.
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Presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he's a Republican who has never strayed from his conservative beliefs, a jab meant to highlight differences with chief rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney.
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With his movie-star swagger, bluff manner and conservative track-record, actor and ex-senator Fred Thompson is poised to rock a Republican presidential race that has left many true believers cold.
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Soon-to-be Republican presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson faces his share of challenges as he prepares to officially jump into the race.
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Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.
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US Republican presidential hopefuls take part in the latest debate, as late entrant Fred Thompson prepares to declare.
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Fred Thompson &#151; veteran actor, former Republican senator &#151; launched his bid for the presidency Hollywood style. "I'm running for president of the United States," Thompson told Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show" airing Wednesday night.
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Fred Thompson rolled out his presidential candidacy this evening with a guerrilla-style entry into the race that sought to take the spotlight from the Republican debate.
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Screen star and former senator Fred Thompson will make his long-awaited announcement that he is jumping into the 2008 Republican presidential race on September 6.
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Former Sen. Fred Thompson today dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Thompson, also an actor and a lawyer, entered the race late as a "true conservative." But his campaign never caught on with GOP voters.
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Republican Fred Thompson will officially launch his presidential bid Sept. 6 in a Webcast on his campaign site, followed by a five-day tour of early primary states
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After spending months testing the waters for a presidential run, Sen. Fred Thompson made his candidacy official Wednesday evening.
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Fred D. Thompsonâs campaign says he will formally announce his bid for president next week, while some commentators question whether he has waited too long.
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Republican Fred Thompson, whose entry into the presidential race has been long anticipated, will officially launch his candidacy Sept. 6 in a webcast on his campaign site, followed by a five-day tour of early primary states, The Associated Press has learned.
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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.