Fred Thompson



Fred Thompson is an actor, lawyer, former Republican Senator from Tennessee, sometime-Presidential counselor, former Watergate attorney, former Assistant US Attorney, one-time campaign manager for his friend John McCain (in the 2000 Presidential election), and all-around heckuva great American. He has not formally announced his candidacy in the 2008 Presidential race, but he has indicated that he's "leaving the door open." He consistently polls higher than most of the undifferentiated Republican candidate pack, and may even have pulled into the #2 spot by out-mavericking McCain.

Fred-mentum

 * WaPo profile of Fred Thompson
 * Draft Fred Thompson - website working to get Fred to declare