It’s Official: Fred Thompson Has Dropped Out Of The Race, Issues Statement
AP News Alert:
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson quit the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.
“Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort,” Thompson said in a statement.
Thompson’s fate was sealed last Saturday in the South Carolina primary, when he finished third in a state that he had said he needed to win.
In the statement, Thompson did not say whether he would endorse any of his former rivals. He was one of a handful of members of Congress who supported Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 in his unsuccessful race against George W. Bush for the party nomination.
The actor-politician best known as the gruff district attorney on NBC’s “Law & Order” placed third in Iowa and South Carolina, two states seemingly in line with his right-leaning pitch and laid-back style, and fared even worse in the four other states that have held contests thus far. Money already tight, he ran out of it altogether as the losses piled up.
Thompson departs the most wide open Republican race in half a century; three candidates each having won in the six states that have voted.
In Florida, McCain, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are battling for the lead ahead of its Jan. 29 primary, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee evaluates his next steps amid money troubles of his own.
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Geez, what’s he going to do with all that free time, now?
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 amThe good news is that he might’ve done enough to hurt Huckabee and the silly notion of him becoming president. We can only hope. I hope he comes out and endorses Romney now.
supposedly thompson issued a statement that he won’t support McLame, to diffuse that rumor thats been going around.
so if huck’s campaign is dwindling, and thompsons out… that means the only pro-life/Conservative left in the race with the means to keep going is Romney…
interesting…
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:54 amgreat, just great!!! that’ll be the last time i see his hot wife
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 pmEver feel like no one cares what you think?
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:15 pmI could talk issues all day long, that doesn’t mean anyone is going to listen. Oh well no one had a clue about Bush either, in the end it just came down to us against them.
crap
Bummer.
I’m now onboard with Romney as well.
Romney/Thompson ticket?
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pmThis sucks!
Next Tuesday Fred! NEXT TUESDAY! That’s all you needed to hang for to completely suck the wind out of Huckleberry!!
Let’s see who’s left—
Rudy the cross-dressin’ gun grabber
Huckles the tax and tax, cigarette banning ARKANSAN
McCain the I don’t care what they did to Tucker & Menchaca - you will NOT let your dog bark at them, I’m too scared to deport, can’t handle critisizm, and love teamming up with KENNEDY and FEINGOLD guy
Moonbat Paul the rascist with his nut job “Gold Standard/Austrian Economics” which would immediatley put millions of people out of work because neither are applicable for an economy and/or population the size of ours.
Romney the Mormon whose been the only one to accept responsibility for his past transgressions, the least likely to completely ruin the economy with a respect for the military only bested by McCain’s, and someone who doesn’t care if I’m a Lutheran, Baptist, Catholic, etc.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 pmHold on before you jump on with Romney take a look at what Duncan Hunter says about him on fox video.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmHis company is involved with a Chinese company that was working for Sadam and is trying to get a defense contract right now.
I knew there was something wrong with Mitt.
AND if Hunter would vote for Huck then I can certainly look hard at him too. or McCain - - - check it out on fox video
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CJW, I’m with you on this one
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pmWell now we have no real options left. I was starting to pull for Romney a little while ago just because i didnt think from the way things looked that Fred had a chance. I just dont want the democrats to win. But i also wish i had more to choose from out of a candidate than the fact that they are a republican.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmUgghhhhhhh . . . I can only hope now that he is VP for the mess we have left . . . It am leaning Romney (yes, I am thinking about the China thing), but out of all of what is left . . . leaning Romney . . . but might edit later.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmI am surprised that noone noticed that h’s got a hottie
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pmThat chinese thing doesnt make sense to me. He sold the company and the new ownership is doing this… how does that involve Romney??
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:33 pmThat’s right Evestay. Mark just might be a “Huckster”
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 am