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Fred Thompson’s campaign has joined the protest against the push-poll telephone calls in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina.
“There is no room for this kind of smut in a Republican primary election,” said Thompson spokesman Todd Harris. “This kind of robo-dial bigotry which tears down Republicans today will only serve to prop up Democrats [...]

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Ryan Eickmeier, a hockey star at New England College, has been named New Hampshire co-chairman of Students for Fred, part of a national effort to mobilize the youth vote for former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, the campaign said.
“The youth vote has increasingly become a crucial voting bloc during the last two presidential elections. Senator [...]

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Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson took turns Wednesday showing who’s tough on illegal immigration. Romney offered a left-handed compliment to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer for backing off a plan to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
“It took long enough to convince him,” Romney said.
Meanwhile, Thompson unveiled his new 30-second TV spot, “No Amnesty.” [...]

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Fred Thompson quit his acting job on “Law and Order” last May to concentrate on running for president.
But now it’s November, and the Hollywood writers’ strike could force NBC into airing re-runs.
Could this potentially help the former U.S. Senator with some primetime face time in his TV role as D.A. Arthur Branch?
No one knows yet [...]

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Sunday on Meet the Press, Fred Thompson was asked if he planned to ditch campaign co-manager Philip Martin, whose record for dealing drugs had come to light. Thompson, who has been using Martin’s plane to campaign, said he was just learning about Martin’s criminal past but had not yet had a chance to talk to [...]

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Monday morning, the answer may be in New Hampshire. According to his campaign, U.S. Senator Fred Thompson is scheduled to address the Nov. 5 Politics & Eggs Breakfast in Bedford, starting at 8 a.m.Thompson was supposed to do breakfast in the Granite State a couple of weeks ago, but canceled at the last minute.

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Mitt Romney told The Eagle-Tribune editorial board last week that he thinks the Republican nomination will be locked up by Feb. 6, which is why he has pursued a strategy of winning the early states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan. Although a brokered convention is still a possibility, he said it isn’t [...]

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While Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were busy campaigning in Londonderry and Derry this week, Fred Thompson continues to keep a low profile in the Granite State.
He will attend an “intimate” breakfast social to benefit Manchester Mayor Frank Giunta on Friday morning at 7:30 a.m., but he’s not making himself very accessible. The breakfast costs [...]

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