AMERICA CHOOSES 2008
FORMER SEN. THOMPSON OFFICIALLY PULLS PLUG ON PRESIDENTIAL BID, NO ENDORSEMENT IMMEDIATELY GIVEN.
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson officially turned out the lights on his 2008 Presidential bid Tuesday afternoon after failing to catch fire in the early states. He did not announce an endorsement for one of his rivals in his press release today.
The former lawmaker and actor stirred large amounts of buzz last spring and summer as he prepared for a bid for the White House. Through much of the early summer, he was a serious frontrunner. Through June and July, polls showed him in second, running toe-to-toe with Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, after entering the contest, the press made every attempt to pin him as lazy, and his campaign style did little to debunk that. His poll numbers dived afterward, and fundraising became a struggle.
Thompson won a fairly strong third-place showing in the Iowa caucus January 3rd, and moved on to South Carolina. He won small numbers of the vote in most of the early contests, except for a second place showing in Wyoming with 25 percent of their caucus vote.
He seemed to find somewhat of a second wind in South Carolina after a stellar performance at the FOX News Myrtle Beach debate and a reinvigorated campaign effort in the Palmetto State, but it proved not enough as he settled with a third place showing with 16 percent of the vote.
Thompson was elected as a Republican in a 1994 special election to fill the remaining term of Democratic U.S. Senator Al Gore, who was tapped by then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton to be Vice President. He served until 2002, when he chose not to run again. He is well known for his television and film career, where he played on such films as Hunt For Red October, Die Hard 2, Marie, and Baby's Day Out. He is best known for his portrayal of New York District Attorney Arthur Branch on NBC's long-running Law and Order, a role he took up after leaving the U.S. Senate, and which he gave up to run for President.
Although the press derided his campaign style as lazy and that he didn't want the job, I don't personally buy their criticism. He campaigned in the style that best fit him, but the voters at large did not resonate with it.
Now it is time for me to go to my Plan C, my third candidate of this election cycle. I settled on him as a backup choice just a few weeks ago. I will let that choice be known shortly. In preparation for a withdrawal by Senator Thompson, I ordered my buttons, shirt, and yard sign for this candidate last night. More to come...
FORMER SEN. THOMPSON OFFICIALLY PULLS PLUG ON PRESIDENTIAL BID, NO ENDORSEMENT IMMEDIATELY GIVEN.
Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson officially turned out the lights on his 2008 Presidential bid Tuesday afternoon after failing to catch fire in the early states. He did not announce an endorsement for one of his rivals in his press release today.
The former lawmaker and actor stirred large amounts of buzz last spring and summer as he prepared for a bid for the White House. Through much of the early summer, he was a serious frontrunner. Through June and July, polls showed him in second, running toe-to-toe with Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, after entering the contest, the press made every attempt to pin him as lazy, and his campaign style did little to debunk that. His poll numbers dived afterward, and fundraising became a struggle.
Thompson won a fairly strong third-place showing in the Iowa caucus January 3rd, and moved on to South Carolina. He won small numbers of the vote in most of the early contests, except for a second place showing in Wyoming with 25 percent of their caucus vote.
He seemed to find somewhat of a second wind in South Carolina after a stellar performance at the FOX News Myrtle Beach debate and a reinvigorated campaign effort in the Palmetto State, but it proved not enough as he settled with a third place showing with 16 percent of the vote.
Thompson was elected as a Republican in a 1994 special election to fill the remaining term of Democratic U.S. Senator Al Gore, who was tapped by then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton to be Vice President. He served until 2002, when he chose not to run again. He is well known for his television and film career, where he played on such films as Hunt For Red October, Die Hard 2, Marie, and Baby's Day Out. He is best known for his portrayal of New York District Attorney Arthur Branch on NBC's long-running Law and Order, a role he took up after leaving the U.S. Senate, and which he gave up to run for President.
Although the press derided his campaign style as lazy and that he didn't want the job, I don't personally buy their criticism. He campaigned in the style that best fit him, but the voters at large did not resonate with it.
Now it is time for me to go to my Plan C, my third candidate of this election cycle. I settled on him as a backup choice just a few weeks ago. I will let that choice be known shortly. In preparation for a withdrawal by Senator Thompson, I ordered my buttons, shirt, and yard sign for this candidate last night. More to come...
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