The entries are set for the Kentucky Derby, but what about the presidential derby that is well underway? Is there enough time for a late entry? If former Senator Fred Thompson has his way maybe so. The famed actor is building the team for what some say could be a June announcement.
This from the National Journal's "Hotline" today:
LOS ANGELES -- Ex-Sen. Fred Thompson, who attends his first official political event in Orange County, CA tonight, has authorized a cadre of top Republican operatives to prepare a presidential campaign on his behalf. Republicans said that four circles of Thompson allies are at work. The first, consisting of Republicans with ties to Thompson's home state of Tennessee, includes ex-Sen. Maj. Leader Howard Baker, Tom Ingram, chief of staff to Sen. Lamar Alexander, current TN GOP chairman Bob Davis, and Mark Tipps, a former chief of staff to ex-Sen. Bill Frist.
