CQPolitics.com With a re-vamped Web site, a new %u201CWeekly Update%u201D e-mail to supporters, and the announcement of top campaign hires, the still-unofficial presidential campaign of actor and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson edges ever closer to officialdom this week.
As part of the flurry of activity, Thompson informed supporters he was taking the month of August to travel around the country and speak with voters. %u201CIt%u2019s not quite two-a-days, but I think we%u2019re building some real momentum. To keep that momentum, we%u2019re shifting into higher gear,%u201D Thompson wrote in his inaugural e-mail update, released Tuesday,
On Wednesday, the campaign announced that Bill Lacy, a former Reagan White House political aide, had joined as chairman of %u201CFriends of Fred Thompson.%u201D Lacey worked on the presidential campaigns of Reagan, President George H.W. Bush and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and also worked on Thompson%u2019s 2004 Senate run.
%u201CAs I move toward a decision on whether to run for president, I am confident he will take our operations to the next level,%u201D Thompson said in a statement.
As part of the flurry of activity, Thompson informed supporters he was taking the month of August to travel around the country and speak with voters. %u201CIt%u2019s not quite two-a-days, but I think we%u2019re building some real momentum. To keep that momentum, we%u2019re shifting into higher gear,%u201D Thompson wrote in his inaugural e-mail update, released Tuesday,
On Wednesday, the campaign announced that Bill Lacy, a former Reagan White House political aide, had joined as chairman of %u201CFriends of Fred Thompson.%u201D Lacey worked on the presidential campaigns of Reagan, President George H.W. Bush and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and also worked on Thompson%u2019s 2004 Senate run.
%u201CAs I move toward a decision on whether to run for president, I am confident he will take our operations to the next level,%u201D Thompson said in a statement.
