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F. Thompson Raises $3.4 Million in June
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ABC News' Christine Byun reports: Yet-to-be announced Republican '08 candidate Fred Thompson raised $3.4 million dollars during the first month of his testing-the-waters phase in June.
Thompson, a former Republican senator and Law & Order star, gathered financial support from about 7,500 online donations and two fundraising events.
Most of Thompson's donations came from his homestate of Tennessee, according to an IRS report made available by his campaign Tuesday.
Thompson's exploratory committee, "Friends of Fred," spent $625,746 in their first month, covering travel expenses, hiring staff and consultants, and renting offices in Nashville and Virginia. Their single costliest expenditure went to web services.
In a statement, Thompson said the "level of support and enthusiasm from people across this country is inspiring."
However, some had expected Thompson to raise around $5 million. His spokeswoman Linda Rozett said she did not know where that number - or expectation - came from, but she told ABC News that she "suspects it was a product of summer in Washington with too many political pundits with not enough to do," Rozett said.
Thompson will continue to "proceed vigorously" as he continues to meet with Republican leaders, fundraise and test the waters, Rozett said. She said he has not made a decision about whether or not he will run for the Republican nomination for president.
Fueling speculation about when he will declare his candidacy, Thompson continues his fundraising drive Tuesday night, attending a $1000 per person fundraiser at a private home in Newport, California.
July 31, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (4)
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this is the laziest politician I have ever seen. Would this guy get of his tail and try and save his party already. At the very least we should expect ambition in our Pres. Candidates.
Posted by: waleeg | Jul 31, 2007 4:14:39 PM
Watch out now with those donations, the last time he had his hands on campaign funds he left the senate with $370,000 and promptly paid the largest part of it to his SON for consulting.
Posted by: GC | Jul 31, 2007 6:52:30 PM
The most significant thng Thompson did in June was coming out strongly against McCain's Amnesty bill and pushing for border enforcement and for enforcement of existing laws against illegal aliens.
That's going to be one of the big issues that will decide the Presidential election (along with the war and judges). I truly don't think campaign contributions mean much at all right now. What does matter is positions on issues about which voters intensely care.
Thompson (and a few others) are making strong inroads with voters precisely for this reason. Others (McCain, Giuliani) are steadily losing voters for the same reason.
Posted by: Jhopolong | Jul 31, 2007 7:05:46 PM
Thompson is playing politics and tap dancing. He is an actor with no credentials. What we do know is that he is part of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) He is for the North American Union, he is for this needless, undeclared war in Iraq, and thats all I have to know about him to throw him to the lions.
Posted by: henry | Aug 5, 2007 10:37:23 AM
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