The Fred Gets Some Support

I love calling Matt Dole out, so I'll highlight a conversation we've been having on and off the public view of our respective blogs about Fred Thompson. I believe that Fred will have no trouble getting high profile supporters and staffers alike. Dole, not so much...

Awhile back we were having a discussion on which high profile name would come out for Fred. I said Jeb Bush. It wasn't Jeb, but it was the right family... Also note that Mary Matlin has signed on to advise Fred... And here is more from The Politico:

Advisers say the head of economic policy for Thompson's fledgling team will be Lawrence B. Lindsey, who was President Bush's first economic policy adviser and an architect of his tax cuts. Lindsey was chief economic adviser to Bush's first presidential campaign and is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Lindsey will also have a hand in the campaign's broader policy formulation, sources say.

The head of domestic policy is to be David M. McIntosh, a lawyer and former congressman from Indiana who was an official in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, according to the sources. The chief foreign policy adviser will be chosen soon, the sources say.

Adding to the Bush-Cheney ties, the campaign has said that the chief operating officer will be Thomas J. Collamore, a former aide to the older Bush when he was vice president and also an official in the Reagan administration.

And Michael Turk, e-campaign director for George W. Bush's reelection campaign, will take a leave of absence from his current job with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association to assist in getting the Thompson website off the ground. He may continue in a webmaster capacity for the campaign.

Turk of Kung Fu Quip is a BIG "get"...