“... his 1994-2006 ‘record’ on this [amnesty] issue.”
How can Thompson have a “record” on amnesty from 2001 to 2006 when he was out of electoral politics during that time?
Simple. Fred was a lobbyist and remained politically active. Look at the positions he took on legislation they asked him for his opinion at that time. Fred was supporting giving illegal aliens "some aspirations of citizenship" as recently as 2006.