Thompson tries to stay alive in Iowa
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Actor-politician Fred Thompson is making an eleventh-hour push to convince Iowa voters he is the only real conservative in the presidential race, contrasting his ideas and record on immigration and abortion with those of his leading rivals.
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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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Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states
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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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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Fred Thompson, who is expected to jump into the 2008 race next month, will have trouble meeting expectations about 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 at Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney designed to highlight differences with his chief rivals.
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Republicans Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson topped a field of six presidential candidates at an Iowa party fundraiser Saturday evening, with Huckabee saying other candidates criticism of him shows his bid for the nomination is gaining steam.
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Fred Thompson officially entered a wide-open Republican presidential race Thursday, vowing to invigorate a dispirited GOP and promising to thwart another Clinton from capturing the presidency.
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Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is shaking up his still-unofficial campaign, replacing his top aide with a former Michigan senator and a veteran Florida strategist.
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Defending his campaign work schedule, Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Monday his strategy is working and "I'm going to do it the way I want to do it."
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RICHMOND, June 2 -- Actor and former senator Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee rallied a crowd of several hundred Republicans here last night, offering a bluntly conservative appeal in his first major appearance since taking a formal step last week to run for president.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa  - Fred Thompson's new role as a presidential candidate means separating fact from fiction for those Americans accustomed to seeing him in dramatic TV and movie roles.
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Fred Thompson, a former senator and star of the TV police drama &quot;Law  Order&quot;, surged into second place behind Rudy Giuliani in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in a new poll released Tuesday.
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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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Not yet a 2008 candidate, Fred Thompson energized young Republicans with a speech Saturday that was heavy on rhetoric and short on policy pronouncements. He branded Democrats as "the party of despair."
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, a survivor of prostate cancer, tried to allay concerns about his health on Sunday after a hospital stay he attributed to a painful headache.
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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.