Fred Thompson Quits Presidential Race

Fred Thompson quits presidential race to spend more time boring his family.

If Balloo had quit a week earlier, Mike Huckabee would probably have won South Carolina. The timing was probably not accidental. Thompson is an admirer of John McCain, and supported his presidential run in 2000. When he realized he wasn't going to finish first or second in South Carolina, his primary function became to facilitate a McCain win and to attack as a surrogate attack dog against Huckleberry.