Rep. Thompson enters race for president
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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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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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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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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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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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Actor and former senator Fred D. Thompson confirmed yesterday that he is running for president, ending a political flirtation he has been conducting since March and thrusting himself into the thick of the battle for the Republican nomination.
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Fred D. Thompson will formally announce his bid for the Republican nomination for president next Thursday.
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Fred Thompson's expected entry into the tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him into the thick of the nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says.
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Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, will take a step toward a formal presidential candidacy next week, an official with knowledge of the plans said Wednesday.
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Fred Thompson, a former Tennessee senator and "Law &amp; Order" actor, will take a step toward a formal presidential candidacy next week, several officials with knowledge of the plans said Wednesday.
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Republican Fred Thompson dropped out as a presidential candidate on Tuesday, ending a short-lived campaign that got off to a late start and never gathered much steam.
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As a veteran actor, Fred Dalton Thompson knows something about entering a stage. It's all about the build up. The former Tennessee senator plans to announce his official entry into the Republican presidential contest on Thursday. But he'll pique interest first on Wednesday with an ad aired during a GOP presidential debate from New Hampshire that Thompson will otherwise skip.
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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 will make his candidacy for the White House official next week and tour through the early 2008 voting states, his campaign said on Thursday.
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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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Fred D. Thompson will offer himself as a down-home antidote to Washington politics in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, running a campaign out of Nashville while promising leadership on a conservative agenda that will appeal to his party's base, advisers said yesterday.
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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.