#CrashTheParty: \People don't have confidence in either party\-Sen. Fred Thompson
Jane SusskindPublished: 30 Jan, 2012
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#CrashTheParty: "People don't have confidence in either party"-Sen. Fred Thompson
Former Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson tells us, “A lot of people don’t have a lot of confidence in either party. But it’s our job to convince them that it doesn’t have to be this way.”
We spoke with Thompson about the two-party systaem after the Republican presidential…
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