Ah, For The Good Old Days When Repubs Knew How To Raise Money...

July 7, 2007 -- "FRED THOMPSON has decided not to declare his candidacy anytime soon, and it's not hard to see why.

Running a stealth campaign, the former "Law & Order" TV star has done a lot more than just take the lead in several polls.

Behind the scenes, Thompson and his die-hard supporters are quietly building a huge nationwide campaign for the White House.

In the past 10 days, "Fred's Fans" have:

* Raised more than $1 million with just two fund-raisers, including $300,000 in Atlanta last night.

* Hired key operatives around the country and are in talks with several more recently laid off by John McCain's crumbling presidential campaign.

* Made significant strides toward the nearly $5 million that Thompson's "First Day Founders" have committed to raising as seed money for a full-fledged presidential campaign.

In doing so, Thompson has shown he can raise as much cash as other Republicans who have been in the field for months, if not years.

When the first reports came out about Thompson jumping into the race, all the speculation was that he would formally announce his campaign during the Fourth of July holiday week.

But, learning lessons from McCain's once-powerhouse campaign, Thompson doesn't want to get ahead of himself.

Even McCain insiders admit that a major reason they are nearly broke with no real prospects for recovery is that they rushed out and bought a big national campaign way before they were in a position to pay for it.

Thompson isn't going to make that mistake.

"Thompson is playing it very carefully," said one GOP operative who isn't working for any campaign yet. "He gains nothing by getting ahead of himself right now."

McCain and his ilk (losers who don't stand a chance of getting the Republican Presidential nomination), should take a clue from the Moonbats over at the far left. RodHam and Hussein are raking in the big bucks because most of the loons believe it will be between those two as to which gets to ruin America. The libs are frantic in wishing to divest the country of anything close to a strong President and are coughing up their allowance monies in record numbers. Spending NOW means Fred has to battle the likes of Paul and Romney and Manchurian John, and there simply isn't enough Conservative cash to go around because I haven't even mentioned Julie Annie, who the fence sitters so adore. In the land of fable's, the tortoise always bests the hare, so we'll see if this can happen in real life as well. At the end of the day, Hillary will get the Dumocrap nod, so it isn't as if either of the two bald guys can't win. And it'll be fun to watch a Hill & Hussein ticket go toe to toe with Julie & Fred.