Fred Thompson receives another pro-life endorsement!

This time, from Minnesota's own MCCL:

The NRLC board of directors announced today (11/13/2007) that it had endorsed Fred Thompson for President of the United States. The key factors in the announcement were his long term pro-life voting record and his demonstrated ability to raise the funds necessary to remain viable.

Other candidates were worthy of endorsement but have not been able to demonstrate viability. Sen. Sam Brownback dropped out of the race earlier this year because he could not gain the financial support he needed to remain viable as a candidate. Because of this he was lagging in the polls as well.

In response to questions about the Thompson endorsement NRLC said that a candidate must not only be pro-life but have sufficient backing to remain in the running. Political endorsements are not merely a popularity contest. The candidate also must demonstrate the ability to contend against all other candidates for president in terms of both finance and polling.

As to the timing of the endorsement: Super Tuesday is February 5th 2008. By this date a majority of the Republican national delegates will be chosen and those delegates could determine the nominee of the Republican Party for president and vice president. Certainly the candidate that comes out ahead on Super Tuesday will heavily influence the choice of the remainder of the delegates.

UPDATE:

The MCCL board of Directors, after a thorough review of all options, unanimously passed the following resolution at its November 17, 2007, meeting: "Be it resolved that the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life board of directors supports the National Right to Life Committee’s endorsement of Fred Thompson for President of the United States."

Responding to the resolution by the MCCL board of directors, the MCCL Federal PAC formally endorsed Fred Thompson for President of the United States. See: MCCL endorses Fred Thompson for president

Pro-life citizens should not be surprised that the media have cast former Senator Thompson in a negative light; his record in the U.S. Senate is 100% pro-life. Therefore any misstatements he might make on our issues become national headlines. Most national polls show that he runs within a few percentage points of defeating pro-abortion candidates Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Several other states have already followed NRLC's lead in supporting Fred Thompson.