Lincoln-Douglas, Meet Thompson-Huckabee (Not)
Fred Thompson responded 9/10 p.m. to Mike Huckabee's offer to hold a Lincoln-Douglas debate with him.
Thompson: "I think in the general election, when you've got two candidates that [I might be interested in] something like that, [or] something Newt Gingrich has proposed. I think [Newt's] idea is an hour and half, several different times during the course of the campaign. I think that approach, the more I think about it is a good one…In terms of some individual in a crowded primary situation, that's a different situation. We'll have an opportunity to exchange our views many times before this is over."
I guess America won't get to relive 1858 quite yet … at least not during the primaries.
Thompson, incidentally, takes the day off from campaigning today in honor of September 11. He participated in a fundraiser last night in Tennessee and will pickup his campaign kickoff tour in Jacksonville, FL on Thursday as he tours the southern most swing state in preparation for his homecoming on 9/15 in Lawrenceburg, TN [ADAM AIGNER-TREWORGY].
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