On Chris Matthews Show, columnist Parker asserted Thompson "ahead of the game" because of high name recognition -- but many haven't heard of him

Published: September 9, 2007, 5:48 pm

Tags: chris matthews, kathleen parker, nbc, the chris matthews show, 2008 elections, fred thompson, government elections

On the September 9 broadcast of the NBC-syndicated Chris Matthews Show, while discussing actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-TN) September 5 announcement of his presidential candidacy, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker asserted that Thompson "didn't have to come in early. He already has that name recognition so he's way ahead of the game. All these other people have had to spend millions of dollars to get their names known." Host Chris Matthews responded: "Good point." But recent polling indicates that roughly a third of the American public have not heard of Thompson -- more than had not heard of the other leading presidential candidates from both major parties. A Pew Center for the People & the Press poll conducted August 1-18 found that 35 percent of respondents had "never heard of" Thompson. By contrast, 2 percent of respondents reported that they never heard of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), 11 percent never heard

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