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Wamp: Thompson is close to joining ’08 race
The Hill ^ | July 17, 2007 | Klaus Marre

Posted on 07/17/2007 5:52:08 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House.

“My view is that he’ll enter the race at some point just in the coming days,” said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.

The lawmaker said the actor turned senator turned actor did not want to join the race too soon but is “doing everything a presidential candidate should do.”

Thompson has long been expected to join the race and the Law & Order star has traveled the country and raised millions. He will take part in a large fundraising event in Washington, D.C. on July 29, but Wamp did not say when a formal announcement would come. The lawmaker said, however, that “a couple dozen members” of the House would publicly support Thompson at the event.

With regard to the race for the Republican nomination, Wamp said he believes it will come down to Thompson and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

With Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign fading, Wamp believes Thompson, Romney and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani will become the “big three” in the Republican primary.

“I’ve talked to quite a few of McCain’s supporters in the House of Representatives, a couple in the United States Senate, that are concerned about McCain’s standing right now and the fact that he's lost his momentum,” Wamp said on MSNBC. He added that Thompson is the second choice of many McCain supporters.

The lawmaker also said that, with conservatives determining who will be the GOP candidate, Giuliani’s chances are not as good as those of Thompson and Romney.

“I feel like Giuliani’s running on 9/11 fumes and those fumes are slowly evaporating because there’s got to be the substance and the policy,” Wamp said. “And [Giuliani] doesn’t connect with the base of our party.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fredthomspon; thompson; wamp
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To: doc1019

I’d say his waiting gambit is paying off with McCrazy’s flameout.


21 posted on 07/18/2007 5:59:07 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: mnehrling
Little early ain’t it? Now he gets scrutinized and the shine taken off. We’ll see, maybe he is what he seems to be and maybe he isn’t.
22 posted on 07/18/2007 6:00:49 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: Politicalmom

Fred is worth a double ping. :)


23 posted on 07/18/2007 6:02:44 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
What hurts Fred is that everyone has been expecting the announcement for several weeks.

It was, of course, the liberal media who put out the July 4 date to begin with. Fred's team denied that would be the date and added they'd take a few extra weeks if they felt it necessary to get the people in place that needed to be. It's now two weeks to the day after July 4th. Hardly a "several weeks" scenario.

I've met or spoken with no Fred supporter who is impatiently stamping their feet for an announcement.

Not one.

24 posted on 07/18/2007 6:10:32 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (PUT AMERICA AHEAD --- VOTE FOR FRED!!.)
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To: ImpBill

I am sorry if hearing well meaning advice caused you pain. It wasn’t personal towards anyone.


25 posted on 07/18/2007 7:49:46 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: prairiebreeze

Okay. I would be happy to be wrong. I am just pointing out human nature. I’m not the enemy of Fred.


26 posted on 07/18/2007 7:51:23 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Politicalmom; KoRn
I need help with listing the mistakes in Fred's voting record on the NumbersUSA site.

I've done a lot of research on this and can honestly say, the NumbersUSA site is BS. Here's what I found..(Copied from a previous thread)


27 posted on 07/18/2007 8:36:33 AM PDT by mnehring (Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past; West Coast Conservative; doc1019; papasmurf

Ping #27 for reference.


28 posted on 07/18/2007 8:39:06 AM PDT by mnehring (Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit)
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To: West Coast Conservative

If Thompson decides not to run, what happens to all the money he has raised? Does he get to keep it for personal use?


29 posted on 07/18/2007 8:40:06 AM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: Politicalmom

Good news is worth repeating!


30 posted on 07/18/2007 9:36:50 AM PDT by FlashBack (WoundedWarriorProject.Org)
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To: West Coast Conservative
It is Poop, or get off the pot time, especially if it involves ducking the next debate.
31 posted on 07/18/2007 9:41:22 AM PDT by Plutarch
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To: bcsco
I thought you may also want to be pinged on #27
32 posted on 07/18/2007 2:12:39 PM PDT by mnehring (Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit)
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To: mnehrling; ellery

Thanks. I forwarded that to them.

Do you have anything to add, Super-sleuth Ellery?


33 posted on 07/18/2007 2:15:51 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: mnehrling
I thought you may also want to be pinged on #27

Thanks! That's good information.

34 posted on 07/18/2007 2:22:13 PM PDT by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: West Coast Conservative

Zach Wamp has the single worst name in current American politics.


35 posted on 07/18/2007 2:24:05 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: painter

LOL. Actually, after watching, I wish I hadn’t.


36 posted on 07/19/2007 5:33:46 AM PDT by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?" --Greg Adams--Brownsville, TX --On the other Front Line)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Jut saw a segment on Fox & FRiends a little earlier saying that ABC will not show any of the L&O episodes with Fred once he declares himself a candidate.

That could be why Fred may not declare until after the season reruns are over.

I dont think the rules applies to cable tv, but not sure.

37 posted on 07/19/2007 5:36:57 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
And I didn't take it as a personal attack. I also tried to be as FRiendly as I could in my response, which was also not meant to be a personal jibe at you. I was simply stating my opinion. After all I thought, that was what the forum was about, the friendly exchange of opinion.

No apology was necessary. However rendered, is graciously accepted.

Greg

38 posted on 07/19/2007 5:38:18 AM PDT by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?" --Greg Adams--Brownsville, TX --On the other Front Line)
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To: West Coast Conservative

And Gen. Franco may die any day now.


39 posted on 07/19/2007 5:53:42 AM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: ImpBill

I think that is one of the reasons why Fred has stayed out for as long as he has.


40 posted on 07/19/2007 7:22:11 AM PDT by painter (Oval Office, Fred. Might be something you ought to think about.)
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