Poll: Fred Thompson gains in Florida
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats in Florida
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NEW YORK  - A new study of campaign 2008 coverage finds that Illinois Democrat Barack Obama and former "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson, a Republican, have enjoyed much more positive coverage than their rivals.
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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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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Actor-politician Fred Thompson began an autumn scramble for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, pushing themes espoused by the late Ronald Reagan to try to generate excitement in his long-delayed campaign.
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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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TAMPA Ã¢ÂÂ Fred Thompson is traveling across Florida this week hoping for a do-over on two issues that he flubbed last month on his first campaign trip as a Republican presidential candidate. On protecting the Everglades and on the headline-making 2005 case of a brain-dead Florida woman, Thompson seemed to know little and care less during his first swing.
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Republican Fred Thompson, Hollywood celebrity and former Tennessee senator, went from hot to not in short order.
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Rasmussen Reports - Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) has moved a step closer to formally announcing his bid for the White House in 2008. Twenty-two percent (22%) of Americans say they will definitely vote for him if he&#39;s on the ballot in 2008. Thirty percent (30%) will definitely vote against him. That net deficit of eight percentage points (22% for minus 30% against) is better than all other candidates in the race except for Barack Obama.
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Democrat John Kerry leads President Bush 47 percent to 41 percent among registered voters in Florida, according to a poll released on Thursday that showed independent Ralph Nader with 4 percent.
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Rasmussen Reports - Over the past four months, Rasmussen Reports polling has consistently shown Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani holding the top two slots in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.
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Things must be going well for prospective presidential candidate Fred Thompson because even his ex-wife and former girlfriends are endorsing him.
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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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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Florida.
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Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion
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After months of not-so-coy will-he-or-won't-he political flirtation, Fred Thompson has finally and officially announced that he is a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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Fred Thompson's easygoing, no-nonsense style is clearly his strength and undoubtedly has helped him soar in presidential polls. It may only get him so far. Sooner or later, the all-but-declared candidate will have to answer the question: What else do you offer?
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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.