Fred to Run Ad Before Debate
Running an ad before a debate you’re not attending is running a different kind of campaign:
Fred D. Thompson, the soon-to-be-official presidential contender, has come under a good deal of criticism in New Hampshire this week for scheduling his formal announcement for next Thursday morning and thus skipping the Republican debate in Manchester on Wednesday night.
But that does not mean that television viewers watching the debate will not see him.
Campaign officials said Friday that Mr. Thompson had bought a 30-second spot that would be televised nationally on the Fox News Channel, the network carrying the debate, just as viewers are tuning in at the onset.
One campaign official familiar with the decision said the spot would be a sneak preview of the announcement that Mr. Thompson will make the next day in a video posted on his Web site, to be followed later Thursday by campaign appearances in Iowa.
“Thompson Plans to Crash This Party” [via Captain’s Quarters]
Disclaimer: I work for Friends of Fred Thompson.
I believe Newsweek is coming out with a cover story on Fred Thompson entititled “Lazy as a Fox.” So be it.
I predict Thompson will turn out to be a nine day wonder — short of ideas, energy and cash. In any event, he spent too long on his politcal strip tease.
The other candidates, particularly Guiliani and Romney, are now too far down the track.