The_Elucidator
03-12-2007, 08:37 AM
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March 12, 2007
Revisiting Fred Thompson (http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html)
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<!-- sphereit start -->My sense is that if you are conservative and were watching Fox News Sunday yesterday (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fred_thompson_maxine_waters_ro.html), you liked what you saw in former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. My sense is also that if you are a Republican presidential candidate, you didn't.
Host Chris Wallace went down the litany of questions and Thompson hit all the right notes from a conservative voter's perspective: Pro-life; Scalia-like judges; against gay marriage; opposes gun control; would pardon Libby; and supports the President's surge in Iraq.
Thompson's record in the Senate from 1995 through 2002 sustained his answers: His lifetime American Conservative Union rating is 86 (out of 100) and his lifetime Americans for Democratic Action (the liberal quotient) rating is a measly 5. Add in his presence in front of the camera as well as his folksy way of speaking, and it's no wonder conservatives are pressing him to get into the race.
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html
-- snip from article --
Who recalls that in 1994, before Thompson was even sworn in, Dole tapped Thompson to give the rebuttal to an economic address by Bill Clinton? The day after his five-minute retort the New York Times ran a headline "A Star is Born." The New Republic followed with an article called "Reagan Redux." Nordlinger wrote, "The mentioning class began to mention him as a possible vice-presidential nominee in 1996, and certainly as a contender for the top prize in 2000."
The New York Times quoted as saying, "A Star is Born."
March 12, 2007
Revisiting Fred Thompson (http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html)
Posted by BLAKE DVORAK | E-Mail This (http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html#) | Permalink (http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html) | Email Author (info@realclearpolitics.com)
<!-- sphereit start -->My sense is that if you are conservative and were watching Fox News Sunday yesterday (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/fred_thompson_maxine_waters_ro.html), you liked what you saw in former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson. My sense is also that if you are a Republican presidential candidate, you didn't.
Host Chris Wallace went down the litany of questions and Thompson hit all the right notes from a conservative voter's perspective: Pro-life; Scalia-like judges; against gay marriage; opposes gun control; would pardon Libby; and supports the President's surge in Iraq.
Thompson's record in the Senate from 1995 through 2002 sustained his answers: His lifetime American Conservative Union rating is 86 (out of 100) and his lifetime Americans for Democratic Action (the liberal quotient) rating is a measly 5. Add in his presence in front of the camera as well as his folksy way of speaking, and it's no wonder conservatives are pressing him to get into the race.
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/03/revisiting_fred_thompson.html
-- snip from article --
Who recalls that in 1994, before Thompson was even sworn in, Dole tapped Thompson to give the rebuttal to an economic address by Bill Clinton? The day after his five-minute retort the New York Times ran a headline "A Star is Born." The New Republic followed with an article called "Reagan Redux." Nordlinger wrote, "The mentioning class began to mention him as a possible vice-presidential nominee in 1996, and certainly as a contender for the top prize in 2000."
The New York Times quoted as saying, "A Star is Born."