TV politician Thompson considers real White House bid
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Former US senator Fred Thompson, a Hollywood actor who has made a career of portraying US presidents and powerful Washington politicos, said Sunday he was considering a real-life presidential bid in 2008.
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DES MOINES, Sept. 6 -- Fred D. Thompson took his bid for the White House to the campaign trail Thursday, vowing to compete aggressively for the support of Iowans and pitching steady, experienced and conservative leadership.
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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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Republican Fred Thompson, an actor and former U.S. senator who has taken an early step toward a 2008 presidential bid, will deliver a foreign policy speech in London and meet with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher this week.
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Republican Fred Thompson ended the suspense on Thursday and said he would formally launch his 2008 run for the White House next week with a webcast and a five-day tour of early voting states.
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If Republican Fred Thompson enters the presidential race next month as expected, the actor and former senator will be aiming to add another title to a crowded resume -- blogger-in-chief.
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All-but-declared GOP candidate Fred Thompson said Saturday he is in a sound position to make a run for the nomination even though others announced their candidacies months ago.
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Screen star and former Republican senator Fred Thompson Tuesday quit the White House race after fizzling in the early nominating contests.
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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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After resigning as head of the US Health and Human Services Department, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson is not completely rejecting the idea of returning to state politics.
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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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Fred ThompsonÃ¢ÂÂs latecomer strategy could work. Skipping tonightÃ¢ÂÂs Republican presidential debate to instead announce his candidacy with comic Jay Leno on NBCÃ¢ÂÂs Ã¢ÂÂTonight Show,Ã¢ÂÂ combined with running his first television ad during the GOP debate, already has garnered more news media coverage than a conventional launch might have done.
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Former Senator Fred D. Thompson hopes that his role as an investigator of government wrongdoing will propel him to the presidency.
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Not enough "star" power for Fred Thompson in a GOP presidential field that includes some of his friends? Whatever the case, the actor and former Tennessee senator is considering getting into the 2008 race.
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Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, is taking significant steps toward an expected summer entry into the crowded but extraordinarily unsettled Republican presidential race.
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Aides to Fred Thompson, the actor-politician considered a likely presidential candidate, have had repeated conversations with Iowa Republicans about him possibly competing in the straw poll in August.
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Republican Fred Thompson, who likes to cast himself in the role of Washington outsider, has a long history as a political insider who earned more than $1 million lobbying the federal government.