Bottum: A Bad Day for Thompson

Published January 9, 2008 1:49pm ET



How bad a day was it for Fred Thompson in New Hampshire? Here’s how bad: He finished among Republicans in a worse position than Dennis Kucinich managed among Democrats – in sixth place, with 1 percent of the vote, and no delegates. The glamour / Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast / Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.

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