Fred Thompson recently announced that he is running in the 2008 Presidential Campaign. He has stated many reasons for his willingness to run and how he feels things in America can be improved. He came from a background where he had to support himself and his family through honest hard work. Thompson believes that the Federal government is based upon laws that still hold true today. That the power of the government needs to be divided and given back to the American people, not just those who hold a higher ranking, powerful position. Thompson believes in lowering taxes, reforming welfare, and to enforce that those in higher powers are held to the same standards as everyone else in the American public.
He believes in changing the American military, to update their positions and weapons. Fred Thompson has served on many committees and written numerous findings about the ways to improve living and the government itself. He expresses knowledge on how to fight terrorism and other troublesome areas that are associated with this time of behavior. As a family man, Thompson thinks about how America at the present time affects all of those within its reach. How will our children and grandchildren feel in the future? He feels that America needs to look into and work on the various areas that are affecting us today, such as the war on terrorism, the social security taxes and deficits, the current oil problems that we are facing, education and health care. Thompson believes that reform is the only way to improve the life that we life now ad in the future.
According to USA Election Polls (USAElectionPolls.com), Thompson is barely trailing Guiliani. Thompson is doing best in the Southern States.
