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Thompson Wants Republicans to Woo Independents

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Thompson Wants Republicans to Woo Independents

By Scott Sanborn

Story Created: Nov 12, 2007 at 7:20 AM CST

Story Updated: Nov 12, 2007 at 7:20 AM CST

BURLINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Fred
Thompson says the political pendulum is swinging against his party,
and Republicans need to work harder to win over independent voters.

Thompson, campaigning in Burlington and Mount Pleasant, says
Republicans will have to do a lot of things very well next year to
win the presidency and hang on to seats in congress.

He warned that there are a growing number of independents who
are in danger of being swept up by the Democratic Party, and he
urged his party to take commonsense conservative principles and
make them applicable to today's circumstances.

Thompson noted that only once in the past 50 years has a party
been able to elect a president of its party three terms in a row.

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