Thompson to take step toward candidacy
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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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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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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an unlikely place to launch a bid to become leader of the free world, but Fred Thompson isn&#39;t the first 2008 presidential candidate to kick off his or her campaign in a non-traditional setting
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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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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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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 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 GOP nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says.
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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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Hollywood actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson tentatively has decided to run for president and will begin raising money to gauge support, according to a long-time friend and political adviser.
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Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson Ã¢ÂÂ now an all-but-announced candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Ã¢ÂÂ amassed a decidedly but not exclusively conservative voting record during his eight-year Senate tenure (1994-2003).
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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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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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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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Hollywood actor and former senator Fred Thompson declared his candidacy for 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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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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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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Actor-politician Fred  Thompson began an autumn scramble for the Republican  presidential nomination on Thursday, pushing Ronald Reagan-like  conservative themes and shrugging off concerns that he had  entered the race too late.