[Puppage]

Today...tomorrow...Sept 6th

[pcottraux]

Hooray!

[pnh102]

I hope Fred Thompson understands this one thing... nobody likes a tease.

[cubreporter]

I think so far today I have heard three different places where Fred Thompson will announce his candidacy. Yawwwnnn...call me when it is over. I have work to do.

[boomop1]

What year.

[SevenofNine]

HEY MONK I am not suprise if he announced on Jay Leno remember what on NBC Law and Order his boss for last few years

[Edgerunner]

He "waited" until the date that, in the past, candidates would announce their intentions to run for POTUS.

[Vinnie]

I think Fred may be my choice, but until I hear him I'm not sending him a dime.

Come on Fred, #$%# or get off the pot.

[freekitty]

Anyone really sure?

[swilliams53]

They have yet to invent an instrument that can measure my indifference to this whole Fred thing.

[sam_paine]

Where are all the idiots that said last month was already too late?

As if any politically astute campaign would make their splash the last week of summer, before a long weekend, when not a soul other than truthers are paying any attention to the race.

[Reagan Man]

Jeez. 30+ posts and mostly a buncha whining crybabies.

[prairiebreeze]

More feet-staming demands from the anti-Fred trolls. They aren’t missing a thread anymore, LOL!

[Grunthor]

Thompson to Announce Bid Sept. 6

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and be in a debate in late September? First polls in October ought to be interesting.

[PreciousLiberty]

Woohoo!

Fred Thompson ‘08! =)

[elizabetty]

You know what I think is very interesting.

Here is THE BIG NEWS about the Messiah getting into the race and after three hours of being on the Breaking News Sidebar it has only garnered 73 responses. And a good chunk of those are not positive or complete boredom.

[Caramelgal]

Personally I think this is a very smart move by Fred and his team.

Let the other candidates wear each other down, let them attack each other and let the stronger ones weed out the weaker ones.

By the time he does enter his first debate, the field should be much smaller and so he will get more attention and more air time (with less time to make mistakes).

Besides, Fred will probably get more public attention by appearing on Leno. I’m just guessing, but I think Leno will probably get higher ratings with Fred than a Republican debate would with or without him. Plus in that more casual setting, sitting down as a Hollywood person with another Hollywood person, he will appear more affable and appealing to more Americans that the stiff debaters of either party, standing behind podiums trying answer questions by regurgitating campaign sound bites instead of honestly answering the questions. But I think once he does enter a debate, given his comfort with being in front of the camera, he’ll clean the other candidate’s clocks, if not on substance then certainly on delivery.

He’s been running an “exploratory” campaign that allowed him to raise money, he has had time to garner support before the “official” announcement and since he’s not been an official candidate, he was able to get his message out via blogs and op-ed pieces without entering the “fray” and having to do the State Fair – Hot Dog Eating - Baby Kissing silliness the other candidates did.

By entering the race and the debates late, he doesn’t have to respond to the fringe candidates and he can position himself as the “outsider” candidate and with the all time low approval ratings that Congress and most other politico’s have, it’s the smart thing to do.

[davidlachnicht]

[RasterMaster]

An announcement to come out from behind Hannity’s skirt....how quaint.

[JOE6PAK]

OK FRED...

GIT 'ER DONE!