Dept. of Things We Already Knew
by Ryan Sager
Wed, 30 May 2007 at 8:33 AM
updated Wed, 30 May 2007 at 8:41 AM
Fred Thompson is running. Politico's Mike Allen now adds that there is a soft plan for a July 4 announcement of an official campaign.
It's unclear what this means precisely for the timetable he has set out. June 4 is the most likely day he will launch his "testing the waters" committee. Will he even bother with the "exploratory" phase between June 4 and July 4?
Also, will he play in Iowa? The straw poll is August 11, and he starts way behind the pack — despite strong showings elsewhere, Iowa is a personal attention state and he barely breaks double digits in one poll.
What a race, folks, what a race. A political junky's fondest dream.
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