GOP's Thompson in SC instead of NH
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With his Republican rivals jockeying for victory in New Hampshire, presidential hopeful Fred Thompson sought Tuesday to boost his support in this early voting state considered critical to his campaign.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina, where he was hoping to take on Mike Huckabee and John McCain, and from Florida, where Rudy Giuliani has been spending time and money.
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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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As former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson edges closer to officially entering the crowded Republican presidential race, his GOP rivals will have to recalibrate their campaigns to prepare for a new opponent who will seriously compete for the votes of mainstream conservatives.
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RICHMOND, Virginia  - Republican Fred Thompson, making his first appearance since his late entry into the 2008 White House race, criticized the immigration pact in Congress on Saturday and said the United States was battling threats from "forces of evil."
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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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Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson told New Hampshire voters Monday that efforts in some states to recognize same-sex marriage are a "judge-made controversy."
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Republican presidential candidates turned their attention to South Carolina on Wednesday with their White House race as wide open as ever with a win by Mitt Romney in Michigan.
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Rasmussen Reports - With former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson taking his first formal steps towards a Presidential run and the immigration debate creating challenges for Arizona Senator John McCain, the race for the Republican Presidential nomination has an entirely different look this week.
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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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Not enough "star" power for Fred D. Thompson in a GOP presidential field that includes some of his friends? Whatever the case, the actor and former  senator from Tennessee is considering getting into the 2008 race.
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A nationally televised Republican presidential debate will be held in South Carolina on Jan. 10, nine days before the early voting state holds the first Southern primary, GOP officials said Thursday.
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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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Thompson played down a staff member's departure and a New Hampshire supporter's defection Wednesday
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Fred Thompson says the country faces different challenges now than it did when he spurned overtures to run for president in 2000, leading him to consider a return to politics.
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Next stop: South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, Jan. 19.
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Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Obama says he'd change approach to drug war ... Clinton says preparation for president should be more than inspirational speeches ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion ... McCain looks to appeal to South Carolina's reservists, retired military