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03/09/07 |
WASHINGTON — Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Jr. said today he is urging his friend Fred Thompson to run for president and encouraging others to convince him.
Baker, R-Tenn., in a telephone interview with The News Sentinel, said: "I'm planting the seed that he might run or might be convinced to run." Baker also was White House chief of staff to President Reagan and most recently served as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Thompson, 64, an actor on the TV drama "Law & Order" also was a Republican senator from Tennessee for eight years through 2002.
Baker said he's talked to Thompson about running for president. "He doesn't confirm that he's interested and he also doesn't tell me to stop," Baker said.
Thompson could not be reached for comment.
Baker and Thompson go way back and both got national attention when Baker in 1973, as a senator, named Thompson as Republican counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee exploring the Nixon Administration's connections to the Watergate burglary and its cover-up.
Thompson also helped Baker in his 1980 presidential campaign when Ronald Reagan won the GOP nomination and the presidency.
A couple of potential complications in a Thompson race is that he is good friends with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a presidential candidate. Thompson endorsed McCain for president in his 2000 bid.
Also, Thompson has two small children in his second marriage: ages 4 and younger than 1.
Baker said his wife, former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker, R-Kan., already supports McCain for president and Baker said he too may back McCain if Thompson does not run.
Baker said he has not talked to any big money people about helping Thompson. "I'm just sending up some trial balloons so we'll see how that works."
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Hmmm, whaddya think? Another conservative actor, well spoken, well respected - even in Hollywood (for the moment)? |
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