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Todd Harris said what everyone has been thinking for a while:

The statement from Todd Harris, communications director for Fred Thompson, accuses Mitt Romney’s campaign of a "half-baked cover-up" of what he alleges is the association between a Romney consultant and a hastily pulled website that said nasty things about Thompson.
Harris concluded with the kind of [...]

Hotline has the story. Apparently Fred Thompson turned down Mike Huckabee’s invitation to debate.
While I understand why Thompson wouldn’t want to do this, doesn’t this play into the narrative that he isn’t engaging in real campaigning? Especially with New Hampshire groups offering to host the debate?

I love this. The release:
“I am aware of your comments on Fox News that you would like to participate in a series of Lincoln Douglas-styled debates. I would like to officially accept your offer,” wrote Huckabee in a September 7, 2007 letter to Senator Thompson"

With would be a lot of fun. Huckabee invoked Newt [...]

I stopped in at a Fred Thompson House Party organized by my friends at Virginians for Fred Thompson. Other than a party, which I’m always up for, there was a conference call. I took some notes.
Randy, the political director talked about the "momentum to get to February 5th." That struck me as an odd date. [...]

There are two places that conservatives dislike more than New York City, at least prior to 9-11. One is San Francisco, which is one of the punch lines of Mitt Romney’s immigration Drudge ad from yesterday. The other is, of course, Hollywood.
And that’s why you have to wonder why Rudy Giuliani is dropping endorsements from [...]

Ross Douthat ends a discussion of Mike Huckabee with:
The most important thing, to my mind, is that a Huckabee-Giuliani-Romney race would be a lot healthier for the GOP than a Thompson-Giuliani-Romney race, which is reason enough to wish the Huckster well.

Now, assuming that these aren’t battles over personality, what are these candidates running as or, [...]

That’s what Gallup says. If you can’t take money from lobbyists, surely you can’t be one, right?

So I was reading all the news about Alberto Gonzalez’s resignation. Unless the White House never really nominates someone — highly unlikely — the news up until September 11th is going to be focused on the new nominee.
So how is Fred Thompson going to announce and get any attention? Especially if he is not participating [...]

 
Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama

 
vs. Hillary
Undecided
vs. Hillary
Undecided
vs. Hillary
Undecided

Giuliani
 -3
 5%
 -5
7%

 +6
6%

Thompson
 -9
7%

 -7
 5%
 +2
 4%

Romney
 -14
8%
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According to David Broder, Fred Thompson wants a change of pace. He wants to talk about important issues:
[H]e "will take some risks that others are not willing to take, in terms of forcing a dialogue on our entitlement situation, our military situation and what it’s going to cost" to ensure the nation’s future. …
But he [...]