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Thompson on Cavuto Today

11 April 2007

Actor and former Senator Fred Thompson will appear on Neil Cavuto’s Your World today on FOX News at 4:00 P.M. EDT. There is speculation that Thompson may announce his intention to enter the presidential race on the show.

News is coming out this morning that Thompson has said he was diagnosed with a form of lymphoma in 2004. Thompson says he is in remission and that his life expectancy is not affected by the lymphoma. It is not clear whether the announcement will affect Thompson’s possible bid for the presidency. Considering the diagnosis is three years old, Thompson would have considered it already when he announced he was considering a run.

Stay tuned for breaking news.

UPDATE:

It looked for bit as if Thompson wouldn’t make it on Cavuto today because of the press conference with the Duke Lacrosse players. But appear he did and it was an enlightening interview. To start, Thompson did not announce his candidacy. He did make it clear, however, that he is serious about this. The announcement about his lymphoma was precisely because he is so serious about his possible run. Thompson said he knew it would come out and he wanted to make sure there were no misunderstandings about it. Thompson’s lymphoma is, apparently, a type that is extremely non-aggressive and he said it doesn’t impact his life at all.

Thompson did say that if those of us who have been encouraging him to run decided that, as a result of this announcement we weren’t so comfortable with him running, he would decide against a run. I do not expect that possibility to come to fruition. I remain convinced that Thompson is the best man for the job and I expect others in the blogosphere who have supported him will continue to do so.

Thompson said we have the money issue backward when it comes to presidential campaigns. He said that if the people support him the money will be there. He also indicated a willingness to do what Reagan did should he become president, that is, go directly to the people rather than make deals with Congress. He said that we live in perilous times and that the country needs to understand that. He seems to think he can help the country understand that I I agree with him.

I have the impression that Fred Thompson is close to making a decisions. The lymphoma announcement takes him that much closer to doing so.