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RUSH: Speaking of Republican front-runners, Fred Thompson let it be known over the weekend that he\u2019s interested in the nomination. We\u2019ll review some of his positions on issues. I\u2019ve been checking my e-mail over the weekend since this happened. I\u2019m getting e-mails from people more excited about Fred Thompson than any of the candidates who are currently in the race. Snerdley in there ducking his head.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: All right, Fred Thompson appeared on Fox News Channel yesterday with Chris Wallace, who said, &ldquo;Are you considering running for president in 2008?&rdquo;<\/p>\n

FRED THOMPSON: I\u2019m giving some thought to it. I\u2019m going to leave the door open. It\u2019s not really a reflection on the current field at all. As you know, some of them are very good friends of mine. I\u2019m going to wait and see how it pans out, see how they do, how it develops.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I think Newt Gingrich is doing this, too. I think Newt\u2019s waiting. These guys are going to eat themselves up with so much time before the fall even gets around. The first primary is not for something like nine months now. You might be interested in Fred Thompson on the issues. He\u2019s not as well known issue-wise as perhaps Giuliani and McCain. He\u2019s maybe on a par with Mitt Romney. But here\u2019s just a little summary of his position on various issues. He\u2019s pro-life. He believes that federal judges should overturn Roe vs. Wade. (He thinks it\u2019s bad law and bad medical science.) He opposes gay marriage but would let states decide whether to allow civil unions. He says marriage is between a man and a woman; judges shouldn\u2019t be allowed to change that. He opposes gun control. He praised last week\u2019s 2-1 federal appeals decision overturning a long-standing handgun ban in the District of Columbia. His remark was basically the court said the Constitution means what it says. He supports the surge, the increase of troops to Iraq, and said, ‘Wars are full of mistakes. You rectify them. I think we\u2019re doing that now. We\u2019ve got to give it a chance to work.\u2019 <\/p>\n

He said he would pardon Scooter Libby on his conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice, and he would do it now rather than waiting until all of his appeals are exhausted. I got a bunch of e-mails from people over the weekend after this had been announced that were very excited. Look, this is anecdotal. I\u2019m not saying this means anything. I\u2019m just sharing with you some of the reaction. I haven\u2019t gotten it about any of the others. The closest to it would be Giuliani, I guess, but not in the scope of what I got from people talking about Fred Thompson. He is thought to be authoritative with a lot of presence and so forth and so on. It gets more and more interesting out there. Then in the Prowler at the American Spectator.org: ”Anyone who doubts that [former Sen.] Fred [Thompson] isn\u2019t the real deal needs to look at his performance on Sunday and rethink things,\u2019 says a senior Republican National Committee official. ‘You can\u2019t watch him or read the transcript and wonder what the dynamic would be like with him in the race.\u2019 He\u2019s referring to Thompson\u2019s appearance on Fox News Sunday, where, unlike candidates like Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain, Thompson has no problem addressing where he stood on issues from abortion, gun control, and campaign finance reform. ‘It isn\u2019t just Fred,\u2019 says the RNC official. ‘You see and hear [former Gov.] Jeb [Bush] and you realize what the GOP field is missing. You see those two guys and you want to vote for them. With most of the guys in the race now you just feel like eventually you\u2019re going to have to vote for them simply out of party loyalty.” <\/p>\n

This is an RNC official speaking. <\/p>\n

‘Thompson has no campaign staff in place and is not seeking support from his former colleagues in the Senate, despite published rumors that former Sen. Howard Baker was on Capitol Hill last week seeking support for him. ‘Thompson wouldn\u2019t do that to McCain and [Sam] Brownback and other former colleagues,\u2019 says a Republican Senate leadership aide. ‘My understanding is that some members asked Baker about what he thought Thompson was doing, and Baker answered honestly: he didn\u2019t know. Baker was not pushing Thompson up here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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