Thompson Moves From 'If' He'll Run to 'How'
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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The venue was vintage Fred D. Thompson: a gun shop. Perfect for the down-home, Washington-outsider candidate who campaigned across Tennessee in the 1990s with a red pickup truck, rolled-up shirt sleeves and a straight-talking attitude.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa  - For Republican Fred Thompson, the former actor turned reluctant politician, the first few months of his floundering bid to be U.S. president were just a warm-up act. Now it is showtime.
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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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Republican Fred Thompson, Hollywood celebrity and former Tennessee senator, went from hot to not in short order.
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Thompson played down a staff member's departure and a New Hampshire supporter's defection Wednesday
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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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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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As the rest of the Republican candidates debated in New Hampshire last night, Fred D. Thompson made his presidential bid official in a far different venue.
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Republican Fred Thompson took the first formal step toward a widely expected bid for the presidency, establishing a preliminary campaign committee on Friday.
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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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The term Ã¢ÂÂrevolving doorÃ¢ÂÂ in politics normally refers to insiders who transition from elected office to the world of lobbying, or vice versa. But Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator who is the latest entrant into the crowded field for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, has had his own, unique revolving door: between life in the nationÃ¢ÂÂs public sector and success as an actor of the big and small screen.
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Rasmussen Reports - The biggest question in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination is whether or not former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson can sustain his warm-up act once he becomes an actual candidate.
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Hollywood actor Fred Thompson has tentatively decided to run for president, according to a long-time friend and political adviser, and has quit his role on the TV crime series "Law & Order."
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After months of hints, and false starts, screen star and Republican ex-Senator Fred Thompson Thursday launched his run for president, promising to stop &quot;another Clinton&quot; from seizing the White House.
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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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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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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.