The President-Elect Prepares For His Candidacy
Fred Thompson, the “Law & Order” actor and former senator from Tennessee, has moved beyond pondering a bid for the White House and begun assembling the nucleus of a campaign should he decide to run, according to people involved in the effort.
Thompson has not yet decided to seek the Republican presidential nomination. But “he is getting more serious every day,” said an adviser familiar with Thompson's plans.
Thompson’s coming-out as a candidate-in-waiting will be a May 4 appearance at the 45th annual dinner of the Lincoln Club of Orange County in the heart of Ronald Reagan country in Southern California. The invitation was widely sought by aspiring Republicans, and his advisers expect considerable media attention around the visit. But there are no plans now for an announcement then.
This is the man that almost every Republican wants to run for President. A lot of those people are searching for the "Conservative Candidate". There is already 3 Conservative candidates in the race. Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, and Sam Brownback. These men are also at the bottom of the polls. Too many people cannot see past the top 3, albeit useless, candidates of Giuliani, McCain, and Romney.
