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Thompson's "Coyness" About Running May Be Violating Election Law
As we've reported here before, Fred Thompson continues to play coy about running for President, even though the man obviously is a candidate for President -- he's already got a campaign staff in place, is beginning to campaign, and has even all but said he's running.
Well, it turns out that Thompson's studied coyness may be more than just irksome and phony: It may also be a violation of election law.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) may be violating Federal Election Commission (FEC) laws by failing to report funds raised in the second quarter, which ends tomorrow — giving his probable presidential campaign a one-month fundraising advantage over his rivals in the third quarter.Republican or Democratic rivals could file a complaint against Thompson if he enters the 2008 presidential race and it becomes apparent that he spent the month of June campaigning rather than wrestling with the decision to run.
And as we've seen, Thompson did spend some of June campaigning.
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A campaign devoid of law and order.
June 29, 2007 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too lazy to declare.
thosethingswesay.blogspot.com
June 29, 2007 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Greg Sargent-
contact the NY TIMES writer who had a hardon for Edwards' poverty center.
this is much more egregious
June 29, 2007 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I saw a car with two bumper stickers today. The first one said, "Ronald Reagan, the Republican standard." The second one said, "Fred Thompson for President, 11-04-08."
These people are insane.
June 29, 2007 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
debcoop
And if he's raising money then he's campaigning, but last night I saw a Law and Order rerun in which he appeared.
If he's running he can't be on TV ---- reruns or not I think.
June 30, 2007 6:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
What are the penalties if he's found in violation of campaign law? Both in terms of non-declared fundraising, and in terms of allowing Law & Order to continue to run while campaigning?
June 30, 2007 9:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Probably four years as president if Democrats are so stupid as to nominate DLC candidate Hillary Clinton.
Best, Terry
June 30, 2007 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thompson is just another typical GOPer -- he thinks he is above the law.
June 30, 2007 11:27 AM | Reply | Permalink