Will Fred Thompson Run For The Presidency?
Arkansas News Bureau | March 15, 2007
The biggest story in the Republican presidential sweepstakes so far started Sunday with 12 words: "I'm giving some thought to it. Going to leave the door open."
That is exactly what Fred Thompson said when Fox News asked the former U.S. senator from Tennessee and current star of NBC's "Law and Order" if he was considering a run for the presidency.
Republicans see shades of Ronald Reagan, in more ways than one. The actor comparison is the easiest to make, even though Reagan hadn't acted in years by the time he ran for president.
Like Reagan, Thompson is now considered an outsider. Reagan was free of Watergate's stain and represented a break from what was Washington's recent past. Thompson doesn't bear the current Republican burden from Iraq, corruption and scandal.
Like Reagan, Thompson is plainspoken and polished, comfortable in front of the camera as well as talking policy details. He is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his focus is on national security and intelligence issues linked to China, North Korea and Russia.
Thompson's conservative credentials are intact. As a member of the Senate he voted to cut taxes, cut government spending, limit abortion, expand trade, defend gun rights and define marriage as a union between a man and woman.
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