It looks like Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson could flub yet another campaign test this week — at least in the eyes of the national media and other Beltway junkies. Word is that the former Tennessee senator, who is getting tepid reviews for his stump performances, will post unimpressive results for his first official fundraising quarter, just ended.
His team is struggling to raise at least half of the totals that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney posted in their first quarters as candidates earlier this year. If Thompson cannot rival Romney’s $21.2 million or Giuliani’s $16.6 million for his first quarter, then he certainly will not appear the juggernaut once predicted.
And social conservatives looking for a savior will have to settle on someone else in the GOP race to take on the socially liberal Giuliani — or get serious about their whispered threats of finding someone to back in a third-party bid.
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