Here's what I found.  Click on "listen" for an interesting report.

http://www.npr.org/template...

Did you listen to the report Tom?

(edited) sounds like ALL the cast will lose the residuals from those  shows while he's running for office.

Politics isn't all about straight forward announcing...there's a lot of strategy involved in it too.  I read once that Clinton held off on his original announcement and a lot of people didn't know who this fella out of Arkansas was.  It served him well.

Who knows?  But one thing is sure...there will be some money lost when they pull those episodes.  The upside is that they weill resume after the election (one result or anothr) and people will start getting their money again. 

Did you folks listen?   Sam Waterson will be taking over as DA.  Now THERE's an important role.  Look where it took Fred.  LOL.

Thompson's wife is running the campaign, he's raising next-to-nothing (and may *STILL* be in trouble with the FEC) and once he *DOES* announce folks'll start thinking seriously about whether to elect yet another acting president, this one with cancer. 

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IIRC, the Parade column *ALSO* predicted that Lindsay Lohan was doing well, so look at their track record...

RF..Last time you brought up the cancer thing I posted links about it.  It's not an issue but you can bet once he gets serious, the left will be all over it.  The left is pooh poohing right now because he hasn't declared..once he does it'll be "Katie bar the door."

BTW..so much for her being a "trophy" wife.  LOL.

Coupla links on the cancer issue.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POL...  .......

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Prog...

His lymphoma is "indolent."  (One could draw comparisons with its host).  That means it's moving very slowly, not that it's in remission.  Of course, he could live 15 more years.  Or be hit by John McCain's bus tomorrow, if it hasn't run out of gas.

http://www.nhlcyberfamily.o...

So to answer my own question, I think Jeri will hurt Fred's candidacy as long as she's showing up in photographs looking like a Hollywood starlet at the latest award show. As some commenter somewhere so inelegantly put it, Fred will never get the old crone vote that way. Neither will he get the vote of any woman who has ever been dumped for a younger model. It's not an insignificant demographic. Certainly not one Thompson can afford to ignore if he's serious about the winning the race.

http://cernigsnewshog.blogs...

Presidential Material? You mean old?

How bout, does Jeri look like First Lady material?

The stories I have read, put Jeri as the head republican party girl before she ran into Fred. Those kind of stories will swift boat Fred even if they are only half true.

Remember, Fred is running for the right wing, evangelical, paleo republican vote.

I freely admit I stole the "Thompson Twins" reference.  Too good not to pass on, especially now that Senator Clinton is apparently being criticized for gasp--possessing cleavage.

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Change?  Nancy, there is not a position held by Thompson as a Republican white male that does not translate to "more of the same."  Especially on Iraq, the number-one issue.  He even seems to work as hard as Shrub, from descriptions of his past behavior in office.

Opus on Fred Thompson:

http://comics.com/wash/opus...

Apparently Thompson's going to announce just after midnight on September 6.  Why?  So he can hide his campaign donations until January.  Just what we need--another dishonest Republican.  (But that's a bit redundant...)

http://www.dailykos.com/sto...

I hope he announces, *THEN* gets socked with the fine...

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Spam Code SRPOL:  Standard Republican POLitician.

Dailykos..yup..now there's an unbiased source.  LOL

Actually I'm delighted with all the negative posts about Fred.  To me, it means there's enough concern that you folks have to start with the slings and arrows.  Up til now it's only been a little shushing around but now you'll get serious with the mud slinging.

Long before the accusations about hiding the campaign fund being the reason he held off announcing, I posted what was given for his reasoning.  It was told that he would declare after Labor Day to maxiimize the exposure of his announcement since people were vacationing, preparing for back to school, and no one would be really into politics til things settle down.  Also it was noted that the contract with L&O has something to do with it.  BUT...for the other side, hiding campaign funds while not being on an official campaign sounds a lot better.

Keep digging Democrats...you're going to need all the ammo you can get.  And I have faith in the fact that you will do your best.  You'd better hope it's enough.  :-)

"This is not without precedent. Previous pre-candidates who tried the "testing the waters" committee -- including Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., Rev. Pat Robertson, and Rev. Al Sharpton -- invited FEC scrutiny."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/po...

Fred is in the race, it is about time!
And there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that he was waiting announcing his candidacy until his wife turned legal age.

So let Thompson admit wrongdoing and pay the fines like everyone else did, Nancy.  Or do you want a special exception for him, being a Republican and all?