Fred Thompson Quits. Why Now?
Once Fred Thompson was in the campaign, it became hard to describe him as actually "running" for president. It was more like he was "walking." Either he seemed like he was half asleep, or his audiences did.
Once Fred Thompson was in the campaign, it became hard to describe him as actually "running" for president. It was more like he was "walking." Either he seemed like he was half asleep, or his audiences did.
236.com | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
After finishing third in the South Carolina primary, Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson opted not to continue campaigning. He announced h...
Katharine Zaleski | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
Fred Thompson has dropped out of the presidential race after only four months, a slap in the face to the many pundits who thought the Tennessee stud was the second coming for the GOP ticket.
AP | DAVID ESPO and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
NAPLES, Fla. — Republican Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential presidential candidate than as a real ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
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The Huffington Post | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics
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The Huffington Post | Sam Stein and Nico Pitney | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
In the wake of revelations that Mike Huckabee pushed for the parole of a convicted rapist who went on to rape and murder two other women, the former A...
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
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Justin Frank | Posted 12.08.2007 | Politics
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HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics
In the months, weeks, and even days prior to the parole board hearing for Wayne Dumond, then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee faced tremendous pressure to ...
Paul Szep | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
The way that Mike Huckabee has handled the furor caused by the Huffington Post's coverage of his role in the release of Wayne Dumond has been very revealing. And troubling.
Boston Globe | Susan Milligan | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
Huckabee did not say yesterday whether he had read those letters. But in 1996, he spoke to the victim of the 1984 rape, Ashley Stevens, who told the G...
New York Times | Kate Phillips | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
As for former parole board members coming forward now who say that Mr. Huckabee, as governor, persuaded them to release Mr. DuMond, the Republican can...
Talking Points Memo | Greg Sargent | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
In an interview this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mike Huckabee lashed out repeatedly at The Huffington Post in response to the Web site's explosiv...
CNN | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
Mike Huckabee appeared on CNN to respond to allegations that while governor of Arkansas he pushed for the early release of a convicted rapist, Wayne D...
ABC News | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
The victim of a rapist that presidential candidate Mike Huckabee help release early from prison went on ABC news this morning to discuss he ordeal. ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Murray Waas | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
Directly contradicting Mike Huckabee's claims, his former senior aide tells the Huffington Post that, as governor of Arkansas, Huckabee indeed told th...
Mother Jones | Jonathan Stein | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
There is so much about Christian evangelicals that coastal liberals don't understand. Like how a man of obvious intelligence can attribute his rise in...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
Welcome to HuffPost's Huckabee Watch - your place for the latest news on rising GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. You can check out everythi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
There may be a new national frontrunner in the Republican race for the White House. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, has vaulted over former N...
HuffingtonPost.com | Murray Waas | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
Little Rock, Ark -- As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee aggressively pushed for the early release of a convicted rapist despite being warned by num...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
The big story from yesterday's Sunday morning talk circuit was former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-TN, bemoaning his treatment by Fox News... during an appea...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics
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