Analysis: Thompson Pulled Out Hours Before He Would Have Won LA Caucus

Analysis: Thompson Pulled Out Hours Before He Would Have Won LA Caucus

A very special event happened for the Fred Thompson campaign on Tuesday -- besides his official withdrawal from the race, of course. It turns out that after he withdrew via a press release that afternoon, he effectively won something that same night.

National Review reports that the winner of the Louisiana caucuses was an uncommitted slate running under the title of "Pro-Life, Pro-Family," followed by John McCain, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. In fact, the organizers of that "Pro-Life, Pro-Family" slate were almost all Thompson supporters who decided to take that name a few weeks ago, when it became a distinct possibility that he would drop out before the caucuses -- which he did that very afternoon.

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