Fred Thompson Drops Out
Ryan | 22 01 2008If you're a first time visitor, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, which will keep you up to date with all the latest New School Politics posts. Thanks for visiting!
In a three sentence statement, Former Senator Thompson withdraws from the Republican presidential primary.
This comes after his third place finish in South Carolina where he garnered just 16%. He did not mention whether he would endorse anyone as of now (I’m not sure if he will endorse anyone, but if he does I predict that it would be his Senate colleague and friend, John McCain). It is also not apparent which candidate his withdrawal will help.
Addendum: to elaborate, I believe Thompson will endorse McCain because he endorsed and campaigned for him in 2000. Additionally he has a friendly relationship with him as John and Cindy McCain spent time with Fred and Jeri Thompson on the latter couple’s honeymoon.
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