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By Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 14:53 EST

Fred Thompson drops out

Fred Thompson, whose third-place, zero-delegate finish in the South Carolina Republican primary revealed the depths of the problem facing his presidential run, has decided to leave the race.

"I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort," Thompson said in a statement.

One puzzling and long-standing problem with Thompson's campaign: It wasn't much of an effort to begin with.

― Tim Grieve

Posted in: 2008 Election

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