(Tommy)Thompson abandons presidential bid

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ ^ | 8-13-07

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Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson abandoned his long shot bid for the White House late Sunday evening, after he did not meet the expectations he set for himself in the Iowa Republican Party straw poll held one day before.

"I want to thank the people of Iowa who were welcoming and supportive as well as my volunteers and contributors from around the country," Thompson said in a statement released by his presidential campaign. "I have no regrets about running. I felt my record as Governor of Wisconsin and Secretary of Health and Human Services gave me the experience I needed to serve as President, but I respect the decision of the voters."

Thompson, who served in President Bush's cabinet in the first term, came in sixth out of 11 candidates listed on the ballot of the state GOP sanctioned straw poll held in Ames. (See full results below) Since entering the race, Thompson focused a large part of his message on reforming the nation's healthcare system. But his campaign never caught fire

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Now only if Rudy McRomney would quit?

[Vanbasten]

Poor guy didn’t have much of a chance, and much was for simply superficial reasons.

[JaneNC]

Well, being known as the “chip” man did him in....people didn’t like that one at all.
Just as well he has dropped out...others should , too.

[brewcrew]

Awwwwww.....my heart is broken.

(not)

[Vanbasten]

lol

I’m just saying the guy has a face for radio.

[hgro]

Hope springs eternal.

[Pistolshot]

One down, several more to go.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Didn’t he fill in for Jake on the Leinenkugel’s radio spots last year ?

[cripplecreek]

He should have done the smart thing and saved his money instead of trying to win against the big money of Romney.

[elizabetty]

You mean Rudy McThompson? They were the ones occupying the very bottom the poll.

[elizabetty]

Yep, folks who can raise money, create a massive grass roots organization and win polls are just not what is needed in Presidential Politics.

We needs folks to scared or too lazy to campaign, enough with all this competence and success.

[johnny7]

Rudy Mc anyway. Let Romney stick around... we might need him.

[cripplecreek]

I’m not saying that. What I’m saying is that he could have saved a lot of money to remain in the race if he hadn’t tried to beat Romney at the money game.

[Red Badger]

I didn’t know he was running................and apparently nobody else did either.......

[Rockitz]

Thompson abandons presidential bid

Must be the cheese?

[jmaroneps37]

If he wasn’t so dumb as to believe he had a chance, he would have won a senate seat and we would have control of at least one House. But stupid greed got in the way. Nice guy, but not POTUS material.

[jmaroneps37]

If he wasn’t so dumb as to believe he had a chance, he would have run for and won a senate seat and we would have control of at least one House. But stupid greed got in the way. Nice guy, but not POTUS material.