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Thompson Aims for Silver
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ABC News' Christine Byun Reports: Fred Thompson is aiming for the silver.
When asked by a reporter with what Iowa caucus results he'd be "happy", the former Republican senator from Tennessee held up two fingers.
"Probably this position right here," Thompson drawled with a laugh, referring to a second place finish.
The former actor and lawyer spent only 34-minutes only the campaign trail on New Years Day, and is fourth in the most recent Des Moines Register poll but told reporters that he is "optimistic" and would "not going to talk about any specific scenarios."
"I think we'll do well, I think we'll surprise some folks," Thompson said.
Asked about a potential 'McSurge' spilling over from New Hampshire into Iowa for his rival Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., Thompson stayed neutral.
"I am not battling anybody for anything, except for the most number of votes," Thompson said.
He acknowledged McCain's foreign policy credentials, but noted shifting of poll results for all GOP candidates.
"There is one thing consistent about all the candidates: they have risen and fallen . . . None of us know which direction we're going in, so that's just what you call politics," Thompson said. "I can't explain him doing well anymore than I can explain him doing not so well for a long period of time."
Thompson -- who brought along his wife and four year-old daughter on the 2nd to last day of his statewide tour -- found another familiar face at a campaign stop in Waterloo.
"I could use him," the candidate joked, pointing to a man, who bore a striking resemblence to Thompson, in the crowd gathered at a local restaurant.
"Do they ever tell you that you look like Fred Thompson?" Thompson said.
Thompson said the supporter, a local doctor who says he will caucus for Thompson, told him others have mistaken him for the former "Law and Order" actor and "it makes [him] mad," causing the room to fill with laughter.
January 2, 2008 in Hunter, Duncan, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (5)
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Who does Thompson think he can beat? Huckabee? Romney? The polls are saying that Thompson is not even close to them...maybe Thompson is setting high goals so that he can quit when he does not reach them.
Posted by: Robert | Jan 2, 2008 7:05:26 PM
I do not think Fred Thompson has a chance he came in to late, I am a Big Romney Fan I like the fact he has been a business man, he took Bain and Co from the Red into the Black also Mass was in a huge deficit,and he left a surplus, he got competive health care bids from all over the country so everyone who did not have health care in Mass,could afford to have this one,also he ran the Olympics and that also had a deficit and he left a surplus when he left Park City Utah in 2002
Posted by: Chase | Jan 2, 2008 7:53:22 PM
Personaly I think its funny people attack him cause thay know hes gaining.
Hes never been a Flip flop Chase and you upset cause hes going to beat out Ron Paul by a landslide. So personal attacks are only expected.
Thompson is pulling so much new support its very supprising. It is litarally a repaet of Reagan's first election. He wasnt the front runner and didn't pay millons to try to be , his record did it for him. Then came the generel election and he had stockpiles of $$ waiting for him.
Hes gonna get it
Posted by: Joe | Jan 2, 2008 8:30:11 PM
How does he expect to get second place when he's done next to nothing? I guess people are really idiots and vote for fame.
Posted by: daniel | Jan 2, 2008 9:29:34 PM
"The former actor and lawyer spent only 34-minutes only the campaign trail"
Read that a few times :)
Posted by: Keith | Jan 3, 2008 12:18:17 AM
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