Ironic Contrast It is upsetting to see the senator from Tennessee dressing down the leaders of the U.S. car industry. Why? Because he has a large Nissan Auto Plant in Smyrna, Tenn., along with others who have the same vested interest. The Republicans who voted against the loan know the huge amount of hourly, salary and related services will destroy the U.S. economy and saddle President-elect Barack Obama with the result, and we will forget Bush's war and the $80 billion Iraq has put away. ...more

December 18, 2008

Fred D. Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, dropped out of the Republican race for president Tuesday after a third-place primary showing Saturday in South Carolina, a state he had hoped to win when he entered the race riding a wave of optimism among conservatives looking for a strong general election candidate. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - A new poll of likely Republican voters in Florida shows late-entry candidate Fred Thompson within one point of frontrunner Rudy Giuliani in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. ...more

September 20, 2007

LAKELAND - Fred Thompson's first campaign swing through Florida as a declared presidential candidate brought him to Lakeland Saturday morning for a brief stop at a gun show. ...more

September 15, 2007

Fred Thompson, the attorney turned politician, turned actor, is trying a return to politics via the 2008 presidential race. The former U.S. senator from Tennessee is scheduled to be in West Pasco this Friday evening to attend the annual Pasco Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. Since by most accounts Thompson is trying to assume the Ronald Reagan mantle, the Reagan Day event is appropriate. ...more

September 12, 2007

Fred Thompson had one central strategic goal as he formally began his presidential campaign on Thursday: to win over conservatives who are disheartened at their current choice of Republican candidates by positioning himself as the ideological and stylistic heir of Ronald Reagan. ...more

September 7, 2007