Posted on 04/18/2007 6:01:35 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.), described by ABC News as "Fred Thompson's top cheerleader on Capitol Hill," after Thompson's visit with GOP lawmakers today said that Thompson's entry into the race is "a matter of when -- not if."
ABC News reports:
Wamp offered his assessment that Thompson is going to jump into the presidential race after the Law & Order actor met at the Capitol Hill Club with 50 to 60 House Republicans. Among the many questions that Thompson faced from the members of Congress he met with were ones about his divorce and his faith. Wamp told ABC News that Thompson said that he is in "excellent standing with everyone important in his life, including his first wife . . . and the man upstairs."
Multiple House Republicans who attended the hour-long Q&A session with Thompson gushed over him as someone who "checks all the boxes" in a way that the current crop of leading Republican contenders do not. [snip]
[S]everal House Republicans who attended today’s meeting seemed to think that he had the charisma, communication skills, and Reaganesque bearing to bring the country together and lead it in a time of war.
We should take Wamp's prediction with some caution, if only because Wamp isn't the most objective source on a Thompson candidacy. Nevertheless, it's been clear for a while that Thompson himself has been prepping for a run, as opposed to just considering it.
First, there was Thompson's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday in March, which generated major buzz in the conservative blogosphere; next, the series of endorsements, most of them from Thompson's home state of Tennessee; then came Thompson's interview with Neil Cavuto disclosing his cancer, which he says is in remission. Thompson told Cavuto that he was announcing his cancer publicly because he wanted to see how it affected voters. That's one way to put it. Another way is that Thompson was doing the prerequisite "airing" of possible revelations that might hurt him on the campaign trail. And finally there was Saturday's Wall Street Journal op-ed in which Thompson embraced supply-side economics.
Add to this the relative despondency in conservative circles these days with the current crop of candidates and Wamp may be right that a Thompson candidacy isn't a matter of if but when.
FRed Ping!!
Be still my heart..... PLEASE GOD!!! IF THERE IS ANY JUSTICE IN THIS WORL LET THIS MAN RUN FOR OFFICE!!!!
Ole Zach has been tooting Thompson’s horn for sometime now... I say that as an East Tennesseean who keeps up with the two. Wamp appears to have more enthusiasm than Fred.
It humors me, honestly.
(And no, I’m not saying this with the least big of vindictiveness).
Looks like Zach Wamp wants to run for governor in 2010. Frist won’t like that.
“after Thompson’s visit with GOP lawmakers today said that Thompson’s entry into the race is “a matter of when — not if.”
That is the most definitive Wamp has EVER been.
He better get in soon. I spend FAR too much time crouching over FR clicking “refresh”. He probably doesn’t care that he’s ruining my relationship with my kids. :) Heehehee
Fred Thompson does, indeed, “check all the boxes” with me! Please run, Fred!
Neither will I. I’d rather have Wamp stay where he is. There’s nothing to demonstrate that he has any grasp on issues here in Nashville, which are far different than DC’s.
Let's Roll!
NOTE: Please contact FOXNEWS and ask them to be the first to have the dignity to remove that evil man's picture from our screens. The families of those lost at Virginia Tech certainly do not need to see the evil displayed in the eyes of the man who took their child or loved one so horrifically!
God Bless our troubled youth! They should all be in our prayers. However, there is no excuse (however you want to label it) for this despicable act of pure evil. Call it what it is….EVIL!
ROFLMAO!!! Twice
I agree. If Thompson enters the race, conservatives will be mega-energized. He is conservative who can easily reach out to independent and so-called moderate voters as well. Thompson would be a formidable candidate, the GOP better get their s-— together and start listening to the grassroots.
I take it you like Fred : )
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ROFL !
I prefer to call him Jesus but
. "the man upstairs." is better than allah.
FDT= Fearful Democrats Trembling(and the rudiebots)
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