When it comes to speaking his mind, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is not the one to hold his tongue. Recent criticism for his support of campaign contribution limits by fellow Republican and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had Thompson issuing the challenge to bring it on when it comes to their positions on limiting the amount of donations that can be made to $2,300.
Thompson said he supported the McCain-Feingold Act to help keep individual and corporate influence out of politics and pointed out that while the Democrats under Bill Clinton's presidency may have helped perfect the art of collecting soft-money donations, instead of fighting against the practice, most republicans, including Romney joined in the practice.
According to polls posted by usaelectionpolls.com Thompson is trailing in third or fourth place in most state polls, especially in the early primary states, and Romney has fallen from first to second place in Iowa and while he holds a slim lead in New Hampshire, McCain has crept up into second place with a mere four percent margin of difference. Mike Huckabee has also taken the late lead in South Carolina.
Thompson has pretty much handed the early primary states to his opponents and is spending a lot of time in the states that will hold primaries February 5th that are rich in delegates. As the primary season draws closer, he is concentrating on the areas in which he can win the most delegates, a strategy that some say could hurt his chances by failing to place high in the early states.
The latest polls have Fred Thompson struggling. Despite vowing to appear in a majority of Iowa counties, Thompson is polling at just 3% according to the latest Iowa poll.
