This looks good, I hope they can get him to run:
Rep. Zach Wamp said Monday that former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is very likely to run for president.Also, there is a protest brewing over the fact that Pajamas Media refuses to include Thompson in their poll:
The Third District congressman told the Chattanooga Pachyderm Club, "I had a follow-up conversation with Fred Thompson, and there is a real, real strong possibility that he will run."
He said Thompson "has to meet some obligations" with the "Law and Order" TV show and with broadcaster Paul Harvey.
He said Thompson has set aside April 18 and will meet with members of Congress. Rep. Wamp said he has already lined up over 40 members who are interested in the Thompson candidacy.
Rep. Wamp said, "These are from some key places like Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky."
Rep. Wamp said he and Rep. John Duncan will be co-chairmen of a committee designed to encourage Thompson to seek the Republican presidential nomination.
They will lead the "Draft Fred Thompson 2008" committee. The committee's goal is "to recruit and organize citizens from both the public and private sectors into a leadership group that will serve as a clearinghouse for Thompson supporters from across the country."
Rep. Wamp said, "It is becoming increasingly obvious that a growing number of Americans want Fred Thompson to join the 2008 presidential campaign.
WHO'S AFRAID OF FRED?(via)
Pajamas Media likes to portray itself as a cutting edge online media resource. So why isn't it including Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson in its weekly presidential poll? That's what one blogger keeps asking, with nary and answer from the "Inside the Beltway" PJs crowd.
The blogger, PeteRepublic, has pulled the PJ online vote widget from his site in protest over the PJ Media decision to not include Thompson, an undeclared candidate who is the talk of conservatives and Republicans. Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich, also undeclared, is being touted in the poll. Odd.
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"What's interesting about all of this is how organic and spontaneous it appears to be," says a source who works on a Republican presidential campaign. "The media keeps saying there is dissatisfaction with the current crop of candidates, and this Thompson boomlet would appear to confirm that."
You better believe it, baby!
The results are skewed because we're just voting for our second choice (Duncan Hunter should be getting one less vote from this polling precinct :) What's weird is that they have George Pataki. Didn't he just take a job recently? Why would they have him and not Thompson?
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