{"id":3038,"date":"2007-08-01T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/bob-doles-getting-ready-to-aba.html"},"modified":"2007-08-01T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-01T09:47:00","slug":"bob-doles-getting-ready-to-aba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/bob-doles-getting-ready-to-aba.html","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dole&#8217;s getting ready to abandon McCain for Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20670001&amp;refer=home&amp;sid=aov.aAx_qAuk\">Not surprising<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bob Dole says his preferred presidential candidate, Arizona Senator John McCain, is fading and that his support is likely to be &#8220;picked up&#8221; by Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination in September.                  <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;My heart has always been with my good friend John McCain,&#8221; said Dole, former Senate majority leader and Republican presidential nominee. &#8220;But it&#8217;s just not happening, the buzz is gone,&#8221; he said in an interview with Bloomberg Television&#8217;s &#8220;Political Capital with Al Hunt,&#8221; scheduled to air today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s not impressed with Newt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I totally disagree with Newt Gingrich,&#8221; Dole said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how he has set himself up as the spokesman for the world, but to say we have got a bunch of pygmies, of course unless he gets in, then there is one that is not a pygmy.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not surprising: Bob Dole says his preferred presidential candidate, Arizona Senator John McCain, is fading and that his support is likely to be &#8220;picked up&#8221; by Fred Thompson, who is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination in September. &#8220;My heart has always been with my good friend John McCain,&#8221; 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