He is getting close to Ron Paul... Ron Paul raised more than 1 million dollars in less than 7 days at the end of the quarter--and all small donors.

$ 8 million and currently leading the Republican pack, not bad.

Ron Paul has about as much chance winning the Presidential Election as does Elton John.

$8 million is eight times $1 million. "Close to Ron Paul" indeed!

$8M is peanuts since he had already raised $3.5M that was reported to IRS. Who is donating to Thompson -- he is incoherent time and time again and mumbles. You all want something like him to take on Hillary that looks and sounds old with no energy.

Obviously the people supporting Thompson don't care as much about winning as trying to keep Rudy from getting the nomination and shutting down the group that has been calling the shots since Nixon.

sounds like to me he can't win with those numbers! period-

Yeah just what we need in this country Hollywood in the White House. That will be the start of armageddon!

I would support Thompson first, Paul second and Beebe third. If the race ended up with a Clinton/Edwards ticket vs a Giuliani/McCain ticket I would have to move back to Texas and vote for secession. They are 4 of a kind but not a winning hand. ... The only reason Texas has stayed in the Union is as a defense against Mexican invasion. It seems now that the only way to stop it is to leave the union. The Republic of Texas, this time for good.

Please remember that Fred's webpage says (proudly)that he is a CFR member (council on foreign relations) which is the political policy organization pushing for the formation for the north american union where the US is merged with Canada and Mexico. The infracture for such a merger is being built now called the trans-texas corridor. are you sure you want fred thompson and his cronies to run america?? I don't think so scooter

Hey Tom... the $8mil is in additional the $3.5mil raised in June... this is 3Q fundraising... June is not in the 3Q... try again...

CFR... SchmeeFR

Have to admit for Thompson thats a good take. Unfortunately for him its all downhill from here. He'll win a few southern primary states but thats about all.

Kelly...You correct about Fred Thompson!
Good to see someone who know's that fact about this dirt ball!!!

Thompson needs to stay in hypocritical hollywood. He's not worthy of the presidency. He should withdraw from the race and endorse Ron Paul.

$8 million IS 8 times $1 million, Tom. Nice math! But Mr. Paul raised over $1 million IN THE LAST 7 DAYS ALONE. From lots of small donors. And that's on top of whatever else he raised in the last quarter.

I'm guessing the final tally will be close to Mr. Thompson's. Will people start taking his support seriously then?

Don't base your perception of Mr. Paul's support on what the media tells you. I don't understand why conservatives rail against the main stream media all the time, but listen to them when it comes to political polls. Polls don't take into account unaffiliated voters who usually vote Republican, or people who only use a cell-phone, or people who haven't voted recently due to dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates.

Mr. Paul's support is REAL. It is broad, and it is grass-roots. He doesn't get money from lobbyists, corporations, foreign donations, etc., and that's why the Washington establishment and the main stream media keep trying to ignore him.

Look that sucks. It was primarily low hanging fruit. Lookout Mountain is a high income census block in Chattanooga. He should have hit nearly $20M through a full effort of regional and national dollars. Instead Fred raised as much as John Edward's $7M?

Republicans are sunk this election. They all these nominal candidates that don't stand a chance.

Thompson raised money from more than 70-thousand donors... more than any other GOP candidate... imagine how much more he could have raised if he'd played up the CFR membership a little more!

More than 60% of Fred $8mil came in after his 9/6 announcement... that's nearly $5mil raised in 3 weeks...

Go Fred - Beat Hillary & Ron Paul!