http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspxFrom NBC's Joel SeidmanSixty-three House Republicans attended a private meeting on Capitol Hill this afternoon with former GOP Sen. Fred Thompson, to discuss his potential White House bid. The attendees were a Who's Who of House conservatives: Reps.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156649Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:57:26 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156649Leslie HensonJoel: Thank you so much for the synopsis of Sen. Thompson's luncheon with GOP legislators, and thanks for covering it.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156680Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:19:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156680StarwiseWoo Hoo !! Go, Fred!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156745Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:01:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156745John Galt, Orlando, FLRun Fred Run!!!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156759Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:06:44 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156759Kristin Day, Fairfax, VAJoel, Thanks - this is the first word I got on what happened at Sen. Thompson's luncheon meeting. Great work - please keep us posted. I am very interested in Fred's possible candidacy.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156812Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:37:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156812Still Crazy After All These Years"Old friends Old friends Sat on a park bench Like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toss Off the high shoes of old friends"-Old Friends -Simon and Garfunkelhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156819Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:41:16 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156819Still Crazy After All These Years"Old friends, Winter companions, The old men Lost in their overcoats, Waiting for the sunset, The sounds of the city, Sifting through trees,Settle like dust On the shoulders Of old friends."-Old Friends-Simon and Garfunkelhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#156829Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:46:15 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:156829Still Crazy After All These Years"Can you imagine us Years from from today, Sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy,Old friends, Memory brushes the same years Silenty sharing the same fears"- Old Friends"-Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkelhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157060Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:18:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157060haircutter, somerset, PA.sounds positive.... I will await his decision. Character, honor, respect,dignity these all still matter to Americans..I for one remember the disrespect shown for the Office Of President of The United States in 1992 to 2000..that was enough.. Run Fred..Runhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157176Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:46:51 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157176Bob, DenverWake Up!!! Does anyone know that 233 Iraqis were killed or found dead today?? 183 dead in Baghdad ("Surge City")? What a pathetic news organization that focuses on Imus and Fred (Who?) Thompson while completely ignoring the fact that Baghdad and Iraq are imploding. Un-freaking-believable. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157282Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:34:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157282Tony Story, Orange, TXThanks for the report. Anyway we could get the entire list of GOP Congressmen who attended?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157458Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:13:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157458Caroline, MIBob - YES! and covers the tragic death of 33 VT students 24/7. Are the deaths, American, Iraraqi and Afghan, any less tragic or important?????http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157531Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:35:06 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157531Nobobbs, DenverOr is that Bob of Columbine?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157533Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:35:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157533Paw Paw, NCBob,Denver just remember from the post of the last few days those 200 Iraqi's that were killed were nothing but fodder for the "War Machine" but the 32 that died at Virginia Tech at the hand of a psychotic "terrorist" received world recognition. One thing is for sure our government has proven that even with all the money spent on security, all the special training, all the talk of fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here, and winning the war against terror all they can really do is analyze it to death after it happens. Just look at the attacks in London and every where else around the world, they can tell you what happened but they can't stop it. Has anyone else noticed that the ones they "say" they have caught had been planning their attack for years, were they really a threat? http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157555Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:43:37 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157555Flat-earther, GeorgiaThis would be best nominee for GOPers. Another hollow actor. Assured DEM win in 08. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157595Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:01:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157595Nick, OhioAnother "B" actor wanting to be President. Does anyone really know anything about this fellow? The GOP has got to be desperate at this stage. What is his stance on the war in Iraq? What is his stance on healthcare, the economy, the homeless, women's and minority rights and all of the other relevant domestic issues that both daddy & sonny-boy have avoided or botched?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#157662Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:58 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:157662mikeeg,abdn,wafred has a deep voice like cheney, commanding appearance like cheney, seems self assure and condident like cheney, is fred a cheney clone?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158212Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:48:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158212AL MARTIN, LAS VEGAS,NV I HOPE SEN.THOMPSON RUNS, IM SUPPORTING SEN MCAIN NOW BUT ,I DONT BELIEVE HE WILL WIN. SEN THOMPSON IS A CONSERVATIVE LIKE REAGAN. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN,BEAT SEN. HILLARY CLINTON!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158225Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:49:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158225AL MARTIN, LAS VEGAS,NV I HOPE SEN.THOMPSON RUNS, IM SUPPORTING SEN MCAIN NOW BUT ,I DONT BELIEVE HE WILL WIN. SEN THOMPSON IS A CONSERVATIVE LIKE REAGAN. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN,BEAT SEN. HILLARY CLINTON!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158227Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:49:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158227AL MARTIN, LAS VEGAS,NV I HOPE SEN.THOMPSON RUNS, IM SUPPORTING SEN MCAIN NOW BUT ,I DONT BELIEVE HE WILL WIN. SEN THOMPSON IS A CONSERVATIVE LIKE REAGAN. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN,BEAT SEN. HILLARY CLINTON!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158586Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:47:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158586Doug, San Diego CAIt saddens me that the best the right has to offer is another cardboard cutout fascimile of a person. "Okay Fred, stand on that line, speak these words, and remember! Dignity! Gravitas! Make 'em believe it!" We're still suffering the damage of Reagan abandoning the previous decades push towards environmentally sound policies and energy independence. i worry that the extraordinarily gullible American public will eat this BS up yet again.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158616Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:52:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158616Lee in MVAgreed, Bob. Where are the graphics and photos and bios for the poor bastards that get holes drilled in their knees before being executed in a Baghdad dump? Know the difference between VI and Iraq? We're not culpable for VI, but each and every one of us is culpable for Iraq. The Holy Flying Monkey went with our blessing.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#158623Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:52:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:158623Paw Paw, NCNick, so far every word out of his mouth has been what ever President Bush wants or said "Ditto". But then again that has pretty much been the stance of every one of the Republican candidates. Then we have the Democratic contenders who can't seem to take a firm stance on any issue.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/18/156602.aspx#160738Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:50:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:160738Jerry VanAken, Ash Grove, MissouriIf anyone doesn't know who Fred Thompson is or what his stand is on the issues, you can go to www.ontheissues.org/senate/Fred_Thompson and see his voting record while he was on the hill as the Honorable Senator from Tennesee.