Thompson’s Gets Immigration Right
Fred Thompson has unveiled his immigration policy today, and many conservatives will find it to their liking. The immigration issue is what is sinking the McCain campaign, and by staking a firm...
View ArticleThompson The Federalist
Jonathan Adler takes a look at Fred Thompson’s consistent federalism on key issues, including abortion and gay rights. Ultimately, any “solution” to these issues will involve the basic principles of...
View ArticleIs Thompson Over?
Power Line notes that Fred Thompson is losing ground in polling in key primary states: I think there are several reasons why Thompson’s campaign has not, so far, taken off as some expected. Thompson is...
View ArticleThompson Grabs “The Third Rail”
The Washington Post has an editorial praising Fred Thompson for his Social Security reform plan: FRED THOMPSON may have come late to the presidential race, but the former Tennessee senator has produced...
View ArticleWhat He Said
Erick Erikson gives us a look into his thought process in endorsing Fred Thompson. I’ve been wary of making it official who I’m supporting here, but rather than pretend to be neutral I’d rather come...
View ArticleThe YouTube GOP Debate
I managed to catch the CNN/YouTube debate tonight, and it certainly was different from most others. The problem was that the questions that weren’t planted tended to be questions based more on...
View ArticleIt’s About Gravitas
This fan-made ad for Fred Thompson sends exactly the message that the Tennessee Senator needs to get out: The Thompson campaign should take a good look at this ad, because it suggests a strategy that...
View ArticleFred’s “I Paid For This Microphone Moment”
Fred Thompson is getting some good reviews of his debate performance this afternoon, while the Des Moines Register (or as we used to call it “The Locust Street Liar”) is getting hammered for running a...
View ArticleThey Report, You Deride
Dan Riehl catches The Politico‘s Roger Simon (not to be confused with the blogger of the same name) in some biased reporting on a recent Fred Thompson campaign stop in Iowa. Here’s how The Politico put...
View ArticleBurning Shoe Leather In Iowa
Patrick Ruffini takes a look at Fred Thompson’s Iowa campaign schedule. The media narrative of Thompson being “lazy” on the stump has always been that—a media narrative. And as any educated consumer of...
View ArticleWhy Is The Media So Scared Of Fred Thompson?
Fred Thompson comes out against another smear by another irresponsible reporter: Today I had this story written about me regarding what I said at a Town Hall event in Burlington, Iowa by a reporter who...
View ArticleFred’s Message To Voters
Fred Thompson has a lengthy video message to Iowa voters, which lays out in some detail the case for his candidacy: What struck me about this message is that Sen. Thompson reached out to Democratic...
View ArticleToo Sane To Be President?
Glenn Reynolds notes a rather interesting critique of the Thompson campaign: Fred Thompson is in the middle of a 40 town Iowa tour – so he is hardly lazy. And he does go on television shows – thus...
View ArticleIt’s On
Fred Thompson just ripped into Mike Huckabee’s record, and got vigorous applause for it. Did someone wonder where Fred’s fire in the belly is? Because I think he just found it. Someone has to say it....
View ArticleThompson/Watts 2008?
Here’s an interesting bit of scuttlebutt circulating around the campaign trail courtesy of Jim Geraghty. There’s talk of a possible ticket of Fred Thompson and former Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts...
View ArticleWhere To Now?
Stephen Bainbridge, another Fred supporter, argues the case for sitting the rest of this one out. He’s right: all the other candidates have flaws, which is why those of us who smartly supported Fred...
View ArticleFred Drops Out
Sen. Thompson has issued the following statement: 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...
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