It looks like you can just about forget about Fred Thompson:
Fred Thompson plans to announce Tuesday that his committee to test the waters for a Republican presidential campaign raised slightly more than $3 million in June, substantially less than some backers had hoped, according to Republican sources.
Thompson plans to make the disclosure in a filing with the Internal Revenue Service, as he continues to operate his prospective campaign as a political organization that does not require disclosure to the Federal Election Commission....But many Republicans have turned queasy as Thompson has ousted part of his original brain trust and repeatedly delayed his official announcement, which is now planned for shortly after Labor Day, in the first two weeks of September.
Some are already saying a prospective Thompson run is a flop. “I just don’t see it anymore,” said a key Republican who had been extremely enthusiastic about a Thompson candidacy.
"That number is really underwhelming. There were indications it could be double that. They've been saying that people were waiting for Fred, and the money was going to pour in. He looks like he's already losing momentum."
Of course those totals were really only for one month out of three, but expectations were that he'd hit double this mark. The first month is supposed to see a surge of support from prospective donors, but it looks like many of them didn't step up. But why should they? He hasn't actually announced he's running, and no one really knows what he stands for. If I were a Republican who had money to give, I don't think I'd be giving it to Fred.
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