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Romney: F. Thompson Makes Race 'Interesting'

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Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he’d welcome Fred Thompson into the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Romney said Thompson, an actor and former senator from Tennessee, would add interest to the race. Thompson served two terms in the Senate but is best known as the district attorney on NBC’s drama "Law & Order." "I’m probably not a good political pundit to know what is going to happen precisely," Romney said during the taping of an Iowa Public Television show. "I think he’ll make the race more interesting. He’s got good ideas and after all, he does put bad people in jail every week on ’Law and Order.’" Romney has tried to position himself as the most conservative Republican candidate. Asked if Thompson’s entry into the race would hurt his plan, Romney said, "I think everybody in the Republican field is conservative."

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