American Spectator: Thompson-a-saurus Rex

Read it here at the new Coloradoans for Thompson site.

Washinton Post Rumor: He will run!

Read it here at the new Coloradoans for Thompson site.

Hunt for a Fred November

http://coloradoansforthompson.blogspot.com/2007/03/hunt-for-fred-november.html

Fred Thompson sweeps a pair of Georgia Repub Straw Polls

Interesting that he had more votes than all the others combined in the first one, and beat native son Gingrich in both.

First one

But the most interesting news came from the presidential straw poll, which had been tacked on to the end of the officer ballot, almost as an afterthought. The delegates were given a choice of a dozen or so candidates. None of the Presidential campaigns were represented at the convention.

The national frontrunner, Rudy Giuliani, placed third, right behind Georgia’s own Newt Gingrich, who finished second. But the winner was former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee, who received more votes than all the other candidates combined.

Courtesy of Political Insider colum by Tom Baxter and Jim Galloway in the Atlanta Journal-Consitution

Second one

Also the party conducted a presidential straw poll with former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee garnering the most votes. In second place was former Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Here are the complete results:

Former Sen. Fred Thompson 38.9% Former Speaker Newt Gingrich 30.5% Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani 15.2% Former Gov. Mitt Romney 8.4% Former Gov. Mike Huckabee 1.6% Sen. Sam Brownback 1.6% Cong. Duncan Hunter 1.6% Former Gov. Jim Gilmore 1.6%

Courtesy of Staff Reporters at Rome News-Tribune

Alexander: Democrats Fear Thompson... and should

http://coloradoansforthompson.blogspot.com/2007/03/alexander-democrats-fear-thompson-and.html

Top 3 Finish for Fred Thompson in Ohio Straw Poll

Finished well behind Giuliani and McCain, but got 50% more votes than Romney who finished 4th.

In what might be an early indication of the nation's thinking on the next Republican presidential nominee, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani won a straw poll Saturday night with 233 votes at the Summit County party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner in downtown Akron.

Giuliani's total was 31 percent of the 752 votes cast in the straw poll.

Finishing second with 194 votes, or 26 percent, was U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee was third with 91 votes.

Courtesy of Ed Meyer of the Akron Beacon Journal

Polls - Fred Thompson passes Romney in Iowa

Wow, just wow! Maybe this is why the Romney folks at some blogs were going negative - their guy is not only not getting any traction, he seems to be losing it, whereas Fred Thompson, without any campaign at all, has passed him.

Well, the first round of Fred Thompson numbers continues to come in from state-level polls around the country. The latest numbers out from American Research Group show Mr. Thompson at 12% among likely Iowa caucus goers, beating Mitt Romney's 10%.

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All in all, not looking bad for my prediction earlier this week that Mr. Thompson could catch up to Mr. Romney in the blink of an eye.


Courtesy of Ryan Sager in the NY Sun Politics Section

GRAIN OF SALT: Polls in caucus states, like Iowa, are notoriously volatile, so wait till you have 3 good ones in a row to start celbrating.

My Opinion: I wonder how Hugh Hewitt will handle this? He seems to be banging the drum incessantly for Romney (look at his posts they are laregly about Romney/Mormonism and little esle these days - nto toe metnion him pumping his Roomney-boosting book). I notice Hugh avoids mentioning Fred Thompson - its almost conspicuous by its absence. Its time Hugh woke up and went back to being neutral rather than a campaign organ for Romney. Jumped too soon, eh Hugh?

Polls - Fred Thompson debuts at 10% New Hampshire

The first rounds of polls that include Fred Thompson are starting to show up - and things are looking suprisingly good for an undeclared canadidate with no campaign apparatus or ads.

Manchester – A new poll of New Hampshire voters suggests that Fred Thompson might undermine Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani.

The American Research Group March 19 to 21 telephone poll of 800 likely GOP primary voters included several possible candidates who have not announced their plans.

In a February poll, Giuliani led the field with 27 percent, one point ahead of John McCain. In March, Giuliani slipped to 19 percent, four points behind McCain. Mitt Romney was supported by 17 percent.

Next in line were two unannounced candidates, Newt Gingrich at 11 percent and Thompson, who had not been part of earlier surveys, at 10 percent.

Courtesy of The New Hampshire Union Leader

A former Fred Thompson Senatorial staffer speaks out

Moved to here

Fred Thompson Even with Romney in Ohio Poll

In spite of not even being declared, and not having an organized campaign nor even an exploratory committee (just us unorganized grabastic bloggers), Fred Thompson is polling EVEN with Romney in Ohio. Note that even Newt is up there. Of course he's trailing Giuliani and McCain by a lot, since Romney cannot seem to get traction for some reason unknown to me. Is there really that much of a boat anchor effect of Romney being a Mormon? I hope not.

The Quinnipiac University poll also found that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani leads the Republican contenders among voters in Ohio, which tipped the 2004 election for President Bush. Giuliani is favored by 31 percent of Republicans, compared with 20 percent for Sen. John McCain, 8 percent for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and 6 percent each for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson.

Courtesy of The Columbus Dispatch

Volunteers for Fred Thompson from All 50 States!

Good news - Fred Thompson supporters now have signed up as volunteers in all 50 states - and are approaching 4000 volunteers nation wide.

Lets go for 5000! Spread the word to your conservative friends, or anyone that is tired of the candidates we now have. Have them visit the Fred Thompson blogs and web sites that are popping up. Send them here if you like - I do not make a dime off this (notice no ads?), just the satisfaction that I might be helping a worthy candidate become President.

I have already signed up. If you want to do so as well, click the link over on the left that says "Volunteer and Support Fred Thompson".

Or visit the website Grass Roots Voter

Draft Thompson panel off and running!

Its official - we now have a Draft Thompson federally registered organization!

Get out the checkbook if you can afford it - and as always have the courtesy to read the whole thing at the originating site. (Bumped for overnight viewing, original post 3/21 10:18 MDT)


Washintgon -- The "Draft Fred Thompson" for president committee is legally formed, accepting donations and seeking volunteers and VIPs for its bandwagon, Treasurer Dean Rice said.

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Rice, who works in Knoxville and ran Thompson's East Tennessee field office for nearly four years when he was a senator, was a Southern coordinator for Elizabeth Dole's 2000 presidential campaign. He also worked for Duncan in his Knoxville field office for nearly four years before joining a government relations company.

Rice said he hopes that the www.fred08.com Web site will help attract enough Thompson supporters and public attention to convince Thompson to run. Thompson's nationally televised appearance March 11 on Fox News helped stoke the Thompson buzz among Republicans in some parts of the country.

The draft campaign is accepting donations up to $2,300 per person to build up its Web site and pay for ads or promotional material to drive many folks to check out the Thompson Web site and consider backing him.

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Rice said the draft committee, legally formed with a filing at the Federal Election Commission, cannot be coordinated or connected with Thompson. So, Rice said he didn't talk to Thompson about forming the committee.

Courtesy of Richard Powell in the Knoxville News


Addendum:

Thompson's draft effort is also being supported by Reps. Gresham Barrett (R-SC), Jeff Miller (R-FL) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Wamp said. (Wamp is Rep Zach Wamp, R-Tenn)


Addendum Courtesy of ABC News)

Mainstream press begins their attacks: Just an Actor?

Looks like Bill Hobbs has figured out how the mainstream press will try to denigrate and defeat Fred Thompson

Thompson, the LAT said, "positioning himself to answer the call and, perhaps, follow the script that saw Ronald Reagan jump from Hollywood to the White House."

Actually, Reagan didn't "jump from Hollywood to the White House." He was a successful and popular two-term governor of California in between his acting career and his presidency.

Likewise, Thompson is not just an actor who plays conservative leader types on TV and the silver screen. He's not even primarily an actor, and unlike Reagan, acting was not even his first career.

Thompson was, at first, an attorney and prosecutor - real-life roles with major accomplishments that lead him, through a quirk of fate, to a second career as an actor.

Courtesy of Elephant Biz

A Draft Fred campaign-style video

New "campaign" video - of course its unofficial, but it looks good.

See it here

Courtesy of Mister Politics
HatTip to Iowans for Fred Thompson

Thompson as the Anti-Romney?

The NY Sun is running an article on why Romney's campaign is worried about FDT

... Mr. Thompson's a threat to every candidate for the Republican nomination.

But there's one candidate whose campaign he could end almost instantaneously, should he choose to run: that of Mr. Romney. Mr. Thompson is pro-life, pro-gun, anti-gay marriage, and anti-tax — like Mr. Romney. But he has one advantage over the former governor: He didn't just come to these positions over the last year or so, in a "Road to Des Moines" conversion.

On virtually every issue, Mr. Thompson is as far right, or further, than Mr. Romney, and he has been for some time.

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"With the current field, there is, as of now, some difficulty in getting economic, foreign policy, and social conservatives all on the same page," Mr. Bauer said. "So, in view of that, I would like to see Thompson throw his hat in. … I think he'd have a reasonable chance of getting support from all three of the legs of the stool President Reagan put together."

And as Mr. Thompson appeals to social conservatives, there's nothing immediately evident that should disqualify him with fiscal conservatives.

"Generally speaking, he had a pretty fiscally conservative record," the head of the Club for Growth, Pat Toomey, told me yesterday. "There's still something approaching a void in the center of the Republican ideological spectrum. … The guy who could be dominating the center, but isn't, is Mitt Romney."

"If this void continues, then somebody like a Fred Thompson could become a first-tier candidate rather quickly," Mr. Toomey said.

HatTip to DraftThompson08
Courtesy of Ryan Sager in the NY Sun 3/21/07

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