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To: calgal who wrote (55573)	4/3/2007 1:15:33 AM
From: calgal	Respond to of 59480

Monday, April 2, 2007 10:03 p.m. EDT Novak: Fred Thompson for Real Reprint Information Aging Jets from Eisenhower Era Defend U.S. Romney Tops Rudy, McCain in Fundraising IBM to Give Military $45M in Translation Tech Sen. Joe Biden Uses YouTube as Weapon Sen. Harry Reid: End Funds for Iraq War Syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak says Fred Thompson has "transformed the contest for the Republican presidential nomination" and is "the talk of GOP political circles." According to Novak, the GOP faithful have been unhappy with the the main contenders for the Republican nomination (Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney) because none them fit "the conservative model of a conservative leader for a conservative party. The party faithful have been waiting for another Ronald Reagan." Thompson garnered significant support (12 percent) in the first Gallup Poll conducted after he said on March 11 that he may run for president in 2008. McCain was stagnant at about 25 percent, Giuliani dropped to 31 percent, and Romney fell to 3 percent. Novak writes: "Sophisticated social conservative activists tell me ... they are coming to see Thompson as the only conservative who can be nominated. Their appreciation of him stems not from his eight years as a U.S. senator from Tennessee but from his role as Manhattan district attorney on the TV series 'Law & Order.' The part was molded to Thompson's specifications as a tough prosecutor, lending him political star power." Novak concludes on a personal note: "I met Fred Thompson in 1974 when he was Howard Baker's 31-year-old minority counsel on the Watergate investigation. I considered him cool, careful and conservative. He still is, and that is how he would run for president, which appears in the offing." newsmax.com