Abbey Marie
06-18-2007, 04:04 PM
Fred Thompson seeks Thatcher's blessing
By: Mike Allen
Jun 18, 2007 01:07 PM EST
The foreign trip come as Thompson prepares to launch his presidential campaign, expected next month.
Fred Thompson, the actor and former Tennessee senator who is expected to announce next month he is running for president, flew to London on Monday to meet Margaret Thatcher and deliver a foreign policy speech, his advisers tell The Politico.
Thompson's advisers aim to use the London events to bolster his foreign policy credentials and elevate him above the increasingly contentious fray of the GOP race.
On Wednesday, he will pose for photos with Thatcher, which his advisers hope will enhance his support among devotees of former President Ronald Reagan.
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Thompson also plans a trip to Israel later this year, advisers said.
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Over the weekend, a Mason-Dixon poll published by The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., showed Thompson leading the Republican field in that crucial early-voting state, with 25 percent, compared with Rudy Giuliani at 21 percent, Mitt Romney at 11 percent and John McCain at 7 percent.
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4528.html
By: Mike Allen
Jun 18, 2007 01:07 PM EST
The foreign trip come as Thompson prepares to launch his presidential campaign, expected next month.
Fred Thompson, the actor and former Tennessee senator who is expected to announce next month he is running for president, flew to London on Monday to meet Margaret Thatcher and deliver a foreign policy speech, his advisers tell The Politico.
Thompson's advisers aim to use the London events to bolster his foreign policy credentials and elevate him above the increasingly contentious fray of the GOP race.
On Wednesday, he will pose for photos with Thatcher, which his advisers hope will enhance his support among devotees of former President Ronald Reagan.
...
Thompson also plans a trip to Israel later this year, advisers said.
...
Over the weekend, a Mason-Dixon poll published by The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C., showed Thompson leading the Republican field in that crucial early-voting state, with 25 percent, compared with Rudy Giuliani at 21 percent, Mitt Romney at 11 percent and John McCain at 7 percent.
...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4528.html