When Republican Fred Thompson, former Tennessee Senator gave up an acting career to enter national politics, he waited until the day after a New Hampshire debate to officially announce his bid. For those who follow the election polls, this may have angered some voters in that early primary state where Thompson languishes a distant fourth in poll results posted at http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/.
Mitt Romney is leading in that state with 20 percent, followed by Rudy Giuliani with 17 percent and John McCain with 16 percent. His national numbers have not fared as well as his campaign would have liked with the most recent results show much the same spread with the four candidates with Thompson at just 10 percent of the polled voters likely to vote for him.
Unfortunately, he is not filming a television drama and in real life there is no second chance to re-shoot the scene with some political experts indicating his decision to wait so long to announce hurt his chances. In national politics name recognition plays a big role in a candidate's chances and when pitted against potential Democrat opponents, Giuliani is the only candidate with enough recognition to lead across the board.
Of the top four candidates, Thompson remains in fourth place when polled against Democrats at polls listed at PresidentElectionPolls.com across the nation, except on the west coast where he edges Mitt Romney 39.2 percent to 39 percent, a slim margin indeed. However, these numbers reflect the candidate's potential against a Democrat and not any one particular opponent.
