Fred Thompson Campaign

SERIOUS ETHICAL QUESTIONS IMPLICATE FRED THOMPSON Ethical Questions of PAC Money/CORRUPTION WEIGH Down Republican Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson is he truly what he says he is or is he JUST another run in the MILL political FAKE? Note from Editor Marc Chamot I have lost a lot of respect for Fred Thompson, not because of this potential career ending scandal waiting in the works for him, because he waited so long to throw his hat in the ring and avoided most Republican candidates debates while others stood thick and thin from the beginning possibly because of these revelations. His indecision to run also shows ... Read Full Story

Fred Thompson is surging in the political polls, and he isn't even officially running for president yet. Giuliani still leads the Republican pack with 28% of the poll results. He is down 4 points from two weeks earlier. Fred Thompson is now in second at 19% of the poll, up 8 points in only 2 weeks. John McCain is hovering at 18% with little movement. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is fourth at 7%. Mitt dropped by the largest percentage in the last 2 weeks. McCain's campaign seems to be having a hard time gaining momentum: "It's a long campaign and it's only June, ... Read Full Story

Fred Thompson sure acts like a candidate, even if he officially still isn't one.  The thompson camp has not officially added Fred to the list of candidates for the 2008 Presidential elections, but he is out on the campaign trial anyway. Source: WashingtonPost Republican presidential hopeful, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., shakes hands at the Iowa State Fair Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. Read Full Story

Republican presidential candidate and former Tennessee Senator, Fred Thompson, has dropped his bid for the White House Monday, after failing to make any significant gains in the early Republican primaries. “Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort,” Thompson said in a statement. Read Full Story

George Will, a conservative columnist for the Washington Post, has picked up on what Thompson supporters are beginning to realize... he's no conservative knight in shining armor. He goes so far as to compare Fred Thompson to "New Coke" a 1985 marketing and product failure for the CocaCola Company. I highly suggest reading the article here: "A Rocky Rollout For Thompson." Bob Novak, known his role in the Valarie Plame incident and his use of a choice word before storming off the set at CNN, is also a very credible and incredibly connected Washington Post writer. He op-ed's about problems within the Thompson campaign, ... Read Full Story