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Thompson's Announcement?(4:30PM ET Today)
humanevents.com ^ | 08/30/2007 | Jed Babbin

Posted on 08/30/2007 11:11:06 AM PDT by kellynla

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Dalton Thompson may be announcing his presidential candidacy formally at 4:30 pm EDT today. A reliable source close to Thompson's advisors told HUMAN EVENTS that today would be the actual announcement, not the announcement-of-the-announcement rumored earlier.

Thompson's move may have been accelerated by the August 29 editorial in the Manchester, NH Union Leader that said Thompson's failure to participate in the scheduled September 5 debate would be a snub to New Hampshirites.

Whatever motivated Thompson, the September 5 debate - with him in it - would be much more important than it would otherwise have been.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2008; electionpresident; elections; emptysuit; fredthompson; latetotheparty; liberal; mcainwannabe; notmitt; ronpaul; spamspamspam; thisissolame
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To: kellynla; All

I seem to recall on another “Fred Announces” thread a bit ago that there was plenty of big bucks riding on this.

As I recall - 8/31/07 was the “bet he doesn’t / bet he does” cut off.

Any one else remember that and the one guy who was taking all the action? He had a list of folks on at 50 clams a whack.

Bet he might be worried right about now.


21 posted on 08/30/2007 11:23:58 AM PDT by 66-442hot (It isn't smart to kill the golden goose........)
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To: kellynla; Petronski; Politicalmom; jellybean

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0807/Thompson_announcement_date_likely_to_come_today.html

Might be time for this to go in BREAKING:)


22 posted on 08/30/2007 11:27:35 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: kellynla

Sources: Thompson to announce Sept. 6th

Fred Thompson’s campaign-in-waiting will hold a 4 p.m. conference call today with supporters to brief them on plans for the former Tennessee senator’s presidential announcement next week, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico.com.

Randy Enwright, Thompson’s political director, said in the message that they will “discuss the next steps as we move forward as an organization.” A Thompson aide confirms that they’ll share the news about the long-awaited formal launch. “By the end of the day, we’ll have more clarity,” the aide said, declining to reveal which day the announcement would take place.

UPDATE: Still no official confirmation from the campaign, but Thompson sources now confirm that he will announce his candidacy next Thursday, Sept. 6. The launch will include a tour of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. As expected, Thompson will not appear at the GOP debate in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Sept. 5.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0807/Thompson_announcement_date_likely_to_come_today.html


23 posted on 08/30/2007 11:29:16 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: kellynla

Is he invited to the debate?


24 posted on 08/30/2007 11:30:08 AM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: SE Mom

I’d prefer to see him at that debate.


25 posted on 08/30/2007 11:32:44 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (John Cox 2008: Because Duncan Hunter just isn't obscure enough for me!)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Me too..


26 posted on 08/30/2007 11:34:54 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: SE Mom
BREAKING: Fred Thompson will announce his candidacy today at 4:30pm EDT

Redstate's saying that today's the day. The Politico is always wrong.

27 posted on 08/30/2007 11:35:15 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (John Cox 2008: Because Duncan Hunter just isn't obscure enough for me!)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm; Petronski; Politicalmom; jellybean

TOTALLY awesome..love it when the Politico is wrong:)


28 posted on 08/30/2007 11:37:19 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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29 posted on 08/30/2007 11:38:23 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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To: kellynla; Admin Moderator

Maybe it’s time for BREAKING?

It’s up at Red State now too..they have been close with Fred’s people for a long time now...


30 posted on 08/30/2007 11:39:42 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
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To: Politicalmom

So what happens if he decides it’s a “no go”?


31 posted on 08/30/2007 11:39:57 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: kellynla
Thompson's move may have been accelerated by the August 29 editorial in the Manchester, NH Union Leader that said Thompson's failure to participate in the scheduled September 5 debate would be a snub to New Hampshirites.

Doubt it.

He got a fair amount of pre-announcement hype. He rode that bullet (ref. song charts for definition) as far as he could. That bullet would turn negative if he waited much longer, right now it's about stagnate. The question everyone has had if whether he could increase the bullet once he dived in. We're going to find out.

32 posted on 08/30/2007 11:40:24 AM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: kellynla

...still betting on tuesday...


33 posted on 08/30/2007 11:40:26 AM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: kellynla

Announcement of the announcement of the status.


34 posted on 08/30/2007 11:40:49 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: SE Mom

I’m not going to get too excited until I see it from a very reliable source. If Jim Geraghty confirmed it, then I’d be more confident.

A surprise declaration now is a great move. I hope he does it.


35 posted on 08/30/2007 11:41:03 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (John Cox 2008: Because Duncan Hunter just isn't obscure enough for me!)
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To: kellynla
Thompson's move may have been accelerated by the August 29 editorial in the Manchester, NH Union Leader that said Thompson's failure to participate in the scheduled September 5 debate would be a snub to New Hampshirites.

I doubt that. He'd have had to have his duckies in a row before that editorial in order to make an announcement today.

36 posted on 08/30/2007 11:41:57 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: A_Tradition_Continues
I was learning toward Fred but with each passing day lose a little more interest in his non-campaign.

I don't understand that attitude. He'll announce when he announces. Either his political opinions mesh with yours, and you think he's a good candidate or you don't. The timing of his announcement shouldn't have any bearing on that.

37 posted on 08/30/2007 11:43:42 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Soul Seeker

38 posted on 08/30/2007 11:43:56 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: kellynla

I think you did the right thing. This is about THE announcement. The other post is about the announcement as to when there would be an announcement. The source of the article you posted seems to announce that the announcement will, in fact, be THE annoucement. In and of itself, the “source” is supposedly announcing when the announcement will be thus taking care of the announcement made in the previous article. Gotta go get some more coffee.


39 posted on 08/30/2007 11:44:20 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: SE Mom

Thank goodness the last kid gets picked up at four so I can glue myself to the computer.

*bounce....bounce....bounce....bounce*


40 posted on 08/30/2007 11:45:23 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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