A. Ronald Reagan.
B. Fred Thompson.
Answer: Fred Thompson.
Q. Which individual had an accomplished career in a field other than politics or Hollywood, Ronald Reagan or Fred Thompson?
Answer: Fred Thompson
Q. Which candidate crushed his opponents twice in statewide races by winning more than 60% of the vote in both cases?
Answer: Fred Thompson.
Q. Which candidate or possible candidate has more experience in high elective office: Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson?
Answer: Fred Thompson.
Q. Which candidate or possible candidate publicly stood up for Scooter Libby?
Answer: Fred Thompson.
Q. Which candidate committed to the idea of term limits and then did not run again because it would violate his stated position?
Answer: Fred Thompson.
The facts are these:
When Al Gore left the Senate to become VP, he had to resign from his Senate seat. Thompson ran as the Republican against Tennessee 3-term Congressman Cooper on the Democrat side. Thompson was considered the underdog, with Cooper having twice the funds of Thompson. Thompson nonetheless demolished Cooper 61-39%.
Because it was to fill Gore's unfinished term and vacated seat, Thompson was immediately sworn in after the election was certified at the beginning of December, 1994. Two years later, Thompson ran again, defeating his opponent by an even larger margin.
Thompson was one of the people who pushed the idea of term limits, which would have prevented Senators from serving more than 12 years. Had Thompson served yet another term, it would have put him over 14 years in the Senate. To be consistent, he would have had to resign after serving 3 years, 11 months of the new term. He went back to being citizen Thompson.
Fred Thompson served a total of 8 years, 1 month in the Senate, having been elected by huge margins twice.
My rep broke his promise and continues to run every 2 years and still we never hear anything from him on the important issues...no national stature at all!