Out of nowhere, Fred Thompson has passed all the Republican candidates-wannabe on the outside, and is moving in on Romney and McCain. Tested today, he scores 688 Google Chatter, but the real shocker is that the latest Zogby Poll (March 22-26, 376 likely GOP primary voters) shows him in fourth place with 9% support. So who exactly is this guy?
Fred Dalton Thompson was a senator from Tennessee from 1994-2003. Now he's a star on Law and Order, and covers Paul Harvey's landmark radio show occassionally. More than anything, his poll number reflects the influence of Fox News, where he announced on March 11 that he isn't not running for president.
Mr. Thompson appears to be a pretty standard conservative, cleaving closer to the Bush White House than currently senators are willing or able to. Chris Cillizza at WaPo's 'The Fix' blog gives an argument in favor of Thompson's chances; Elephantbiz has several stories on Thompson, and for the true believers, there's DraftFredThompson.com.
3 comments:
God help us if those who "cleave.. closer to the Bush White House" are now considered "standard conservatives." I'm really all set with anymore of what George Bush is dishing out.
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I agree. There'd be nothing more depressing in the GOP primary than for the Bush machine to roll over all the contenders (liberal and conservative) and install its own uniquely establishmentarian face as the candidate. Such a candidate would surely lose to Hillary.
Cillizza's con piece is up now.
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