A blog for The Chronicle to cover the 2008 presidential election, of which Hofstra University plays a unique part as host of one of the presidential debates. Students will cover the election in real time.

January 22, 2008

Thompson drops out

Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), who announced his candidacy for President on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on the night the other Republican candidates at the time were debating, has dropped out of the race.

His campaign was dogged by allegations of laziness on the campaign trail, and he performed poorly in a contest his campaign said he needed to win--or at least perform well in-- in South Carolina.

The Thompson campaign issued a statement from the Senator announcing his withdrawal.

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