Bruce Willis' favorable comments about Fred Thompson

Bruce Willis commented at his Smithsonian appearance this week that although it is far too early to endorse anyone he did say fellow "DieHard 2" actor Fred Thompson would "make a wonderful candidate."

Fred Thompson is "Reaganesque" according to CNN's Crowley

Read::: the Media Matters blog
CNN's Crowley called Thompson's speech -- in which he decried illegal immigrants originally from Cuba -- "Reaganesque"


Fred Thompson:
You talk about national security, one of the biggest national security issues that we face is right here at home. We're having a big debate now with the immigration bill. They say it's dividing our party. I think to a certain extent, that's right, and I don't think it will always be that way. I think we have to have our honest disagreements and honest opinions and then move on. Some very good friends of mine is on the other - or, are on the other side from where I am. That's all right; we're adults. Let's air our views and decide what's best for this country.

Fred Thompson travels to New Hampshire

"I don't have any big announcements for you. But I plan to see a whole lot more of you. How ‘bout that?"

Various articles about Fred in New Hampshire -


Boston Globe: Thompson tests waters in N.H.

nhpols.com: Fred Thompson Comes to New Hampshire

Telegraph: Thompson say voters want honest president

America Needs Another Ronald Reagan: Is Fred Thompson The One?

Commentary
By Slater Bakhtavar


The closer we approach the 2008 elections, the more I realize America needs another Ronald Reagan. Someone everyone knows, someone everyone likes, someone who is conservative and someone who can both win the election and manage to hold the Presidency for eight years. The next President should be very expressive and persuasive in front of the camera. He should emanate confidence, and appeal to women voters. He should be someone in the public eye and yet he should not be involved in the Washington mess.

read::: The Post Chronicle

GOP Presidential Nominee Election Odds as of June 29, 2007

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Rasmussen: Fred Thompson Seen As Most Conservative GOP Candidate

Among the major candidates seeking the GOP Presidential nomination, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is viewed as politically conservative by more voters than anybody else. That’s true among all voters and also among Republican voters. It’s a key factor in why Thompson is currently doing so well in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.

Thompson and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee are the only candidates seen as more conservative in this survey than before.

Perceptions of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani have changed little over the past month. Arizona Senator John McCain is less likely to be considered politically conservative than he was a month ago.

Among Republicans, 49% now see Thompson as conservative (up from 42% a month ago). Forty percent (40%) say the same about Romney (little changed from 39% a month ago).


Rasmussen

Fred Thompson: The Hunt for a Red November

Fred Thompson Wows GOP In South Carolina

Houston Chronicle | JIM MORRILL

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After watching from offstage and seeing his poll numbers soar, actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson on Wednesday made his first public appearance in a state that could help him star in a new role, as a presidential candidate.

The former Tennessee senator, 64, and a star of TV's Law & Order, spoke to more than 300 South Carolina Republicans at a Columbia hotel. Invoking Ronald Reagan and what he called his party's "underlying principles," he gave many what they came for.

"He really galvanized the room," said David Woodard, a Clemson University political scientist who attended the event. "It was clear they were looking for somebody else" than the current crop of candidates "and they were attracted to him."

Interest in Fred Thompson high in S.C.

Yahoo News | JIM DAVENPORT

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - Latecomer Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the 2008 presidential race, is setting Republican pulses racing in this early voting state.

Thompson, 64, an actor and former Tennessee senator, has no serious political organization in South Carolina and makes his first appearance in this campaign season in the state on Wednesday. So it's a sign of Republicans' deep unease with the current field of 10 GOP candidates that conservative voters are watching Thompson with interest.

"I'm much more impressed with Thompson than I am with any of the others," said Claude Sandidge, a 67-year-old retired produce broker. Thompson has the "conservative principles that correlate with Ronald Reagan," he added.

Betty Jackson, 73, who has run the Sunset Grill, a meeting place for GOP faithful, for 34 years, explained: "We're hunting a true conservative. That's what we're doing. That's why we're waiting."

Thompson, she said, may be that candidate. "If our country needed defending, I think he would do it. But I also think that he would do something about the border situation," Jackson said.

Fred Thompson Homecoming

Fred Thompson returns to Nashville, TN from England on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 to greet supporters and get some of "momma's home cooking.

Georgia Poll Strategic Vision: Thompson 25% Giuliani 20%

Strategic Vision

Below are the results of a three-day poll in the state of Georgia. Results are based on telephone interviews with 800 likely voters in Georgia, aged 18+, and conducted June 22-24, 2007. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.

For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)

Fred Thompson 25% (+13)
Rudy Giuliani 20% (-3)
John McCain 11% (-6)
Newt Gingrich 7% (-3)
Mitt Romney 6% (+1)

Rasmussen (National Poll): Thompson 27% Giuliani 23%

Rasmussen Reports

The biggest question in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination is whether or not former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson can sustain his warm-up act once he becomes an actual candidate. The actor once did what many politicians could never imagine by walking away from a career in the Senate. Now he is on the verge of doing what few politicians can even dream of by entering a race for the White House on top of the polls for his party’s nomination.