Fred Thompson hasn't even formally entered the race for the Republican nomination, but he is already shaking up his staff, according to Libby Quaid of the Associated Press:
Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the presidential race, is shaking up his campaign staff, replacing his acting campaign manager with a former Michigan senator and a Florida Republican strategist.Thompson spokeswoman Linda Rozett said acting campaign manager Tom Collamore, former vice president of food and tobacco giant Altria, still will advise the campaign. Collamore has helped organize the campaign for Thompson, who has not officially jumped into the race.
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Replacing Collamore will be Randy Enright, who has served as Florida regional political director for the Republican National Committee, and Spencer Abraham, the former senator who lost his bid for re-election in 2000 to Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
Enright also was executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and the Republican Party of Florida.
Read the whole report at the above link. Thompson's campaign claims Collamore was there to set up the organization, which is now done, and was never intended to manage the political aspects of the campaign.
Thompson has ridden the non-campaign about as far as he can. The word is he will formally declare shortly after Labor Day.
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"Abraham was a consistent a... (Below threshold)1. Posted by FredsForAmnesty | July 24, 2007 6:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Abraham was a consistent advocate of Open Borders and worked relentlessly to weaken immigration controls and regulations. For example, in 1997 he received the Congressional Award from the National Council of La Raza"
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2. Posted by Jim Addison | July 24, 2007 8:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
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