Mark my words. Fred Thompson will be next. And this will ultimately leave everything exactly where Jim Gilmore wants it. Brilliant, just brilliant.

Left by Noah Noah
January 19, 2008 at 11:48pm

John Cox dropped out a while ago, apparently.

On December 19, 2007, Cox told Chicago Tribune reporter Eric Zorn that he had closed his campaign offices in late November, and said competing in the presidential race was a lost cause.

When I interviewed him for a column in August shortly after he finished 11th out of 11 candidates in an Iowa straw poll, Cox vowed to “stick it out” through the early caucuses and primaries. But when I called him for an update Wednesday he said he’d closed his campaign offices late last month after having been excluded from yet another Republican debate. “What’s the point anymore?” he asked. “I always knew it was a long shot. But when the media made their decision not to include me, I figured it was a total lost cause.”[24]

Later in December, he was characterized as continuing his candidacy “to reach the conservative electorate and talk about what Americans get with candidates with name recognition.”[25]

On January 3, 2008, the Iowa Republican Party did not report any results for Cox in the Republican Iowa caucus.

Check out these number-busting fundraising figures!

Fundraising

In the first quarter of 2007, Cox raised $2,668, according to his campaign’s Federal Election Commission report,[27] As of March 30, 2007, Cox reported raising $12,107 in his race for the GOP nomination from individuals, and had loaned his campaign $745,000. Cox insists he is providing enough funds to sustain the campaign, and leaves it up to those who agree with his message to provide funds for television and radio advertising.

In the second quarter of 2007, Cox raised $1,410, lower than any announced candidate for president. As of June 30, 2007, Cox had loaned his campaign over $935,000, and the Cox for President campaign had $11,355 on hand.[28]

Left by Matt Ortega
January 20, 2008 at 4:57pm