OK, we will soon see how viable the Thompson campaign will be: In advance of a formal solicitation for funds or an announcement of his candidacy, Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign is quietly organizing its first Washington fund-raiser at the downtown J.W. Marriott hotel the last week in July. This event will give the clearest signal…

The Washington Post headline: Abortion Questions Fail to Dim Thompson’s Conservative Luster The gist of the article is that there are some questions about Thompson’s candidacy but conservatives still stand by him: The 2 1/2 -minute video of Fred D. Thompson that played at the National Right to Life Committee’s annual meeting last month dazzled…

According to Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll shows former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson leading the race for the Republican Presidential nomination with support from 26% of Likely Republican Primary Voters. Thompson remains five percentage points ahead of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who remains in second at 21%. Former Massachusetts…

They found the smoking gun: Billing records show that former Senator Fred Thompson spent nearly 20 hours working as a lobbyist on behalf of a group seeking to ease restrictive federal rules on abortion counseling in the 1990s, even though he recently said he did not recall doing any work for the organization.According to records…

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