Thompson Visits City To Campaign

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Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson brushed off concerns yesterday about his single-digit showings in recent Iowa and New Hampshire polls, saying he expects a new television ad on immigration will help boost his numbers.

“In the past, a lot of things have changed in the Iowa presidential elections — Howard Dean can tell you that,” he said, referring to 2004 when Dean’s third-place showing in Iowa derailed his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

“So you’ve just got to do what you do and keep at it and understand that the end of the day is all that counts,” he said.

Mr. Thompson, who was in New York for a fund-raiser and a closed town-hall meeting, said he expects his recently released television ad in Iowa to help sway voters in that crucial state. The ad stresses the need to secure U.S. borders and enforce immigration laws.

He reiterated that the government should strip federal dollars from cities and states that don’t report illegal immigrants, and criticized Mayor Giuliani for “going to court to preserve sanctuary cities” while he was mayor of New York City.

The former Tennessee senator tried to highlight other differences between himself and Mr. Giuliani, who has been a supporter of gun control and abortion. Mr. Thompson is opposed to both.


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