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Fred Thompson Envisions 'New Coalition'
A day after pitching his conservative credentials down South, likely presidential hopeful Fred Thompson took a broader approach Thursday in his first trip to New Hampshire. The actor and former Tennessee senator said the United States will again become a "beacon of inspiration" to the rest of the world if it returns to the core principles on which it was founded. "I think we can form a new coalition of Republicans and independents and some Democrats," he said at a fundraiser for Republican state senators. "We'll be a magnet. We won't have to tack left or right depending on the circumstances, or the primary season or whatnot," he said. "If we do the right thing, we'll be a magnet for people of all different kinds of beliefs about different kinds of issues but basically have their country's interests first."
Story Continues Below On Wednesday, Thompson touched on his conservative credentials in South Carolina, defending his opposition to abortion rights and support for the war in Iraq in his first visit to an early voting state. Thompson largely stayed away from specifics in his nine-minute New Hampshire speech, saying that while many of the nation's most pressing issues are obvious, others may crop up between now and the election. That means the fundamental beliefs a candidate holds are just as important as positions on specific issues, he said. "I don't have any big announcement to make here tonight, but I will say this: I plan on seeing a whole lot more of you," Thompson said.
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