"I cant tell you who I thinks going to win. I think in an amorphous way, theyd all -- theyd like for [Fred] Thompson to be their nominee because its like Reagan in 1980 and President Bush in 2000 -- real conservative but enough pizzazz that independents can read whatever they want into it. Its like a Rorschach test. But they cant do that yet because, like he said, he didnt think al-Qaida was a serious threat and didnt know where he stood on [Terri] Schiavo and all that.
Bill Clinton Rates GOP Candidates
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On former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.): If you just take his profile, he is the one theyd like to vote for.
But he has hurt chances by looking unprepared, failing to offer an opinion when asked about the Terri Schiavo case or playing down the importance of capturing Osama bin Laden in the fight against terrorism, Clinton said.
Clinton offers bill of support for wife
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