Thompson Declares Candidacy, Joining G.O.P. Field (NYT/AP)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

TOMMY Thompson, not Fred.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Thompson-2008.html?hp

April 1, 2007
Thompson Declares Candidacy, Joining G.O.P. Field
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 11:08 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday joined the crowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 and proclaimed himself the ''reliable conservative'' in the race.

Thompson, who was health and human services secretary during President Bush's first term, also said he is the only GOP candidate who has helped assemble both a state and federal budget.

Since announcing last year he was forming a presidential exploratory committee to raise money and gauge support, Thompson has lagged behind better-known rivals.

Thompson, 65, has focused his strategy on Iowa, which holds the nation's first caucuses for presidential nominees. He has made weekly visits to the state and sought to make the case that it will take a candidate who can carry the Midwest to win the nomination.

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If he and Fred Thompson make a ticket, perhaps they can sell "Thompson Twins" T-shirts!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. long ago I dated a busty girl named Thompson, and she wore such a shirt

but then again, she had one the dirtiest, devious and incredible senses of humor I have ever witnessed.

[Bluebear]

2. A 65 year old named Tommy who hates Medicare & loves to scare people

with bioterrorism warnings. Just what we need.