New Thompson Ad Stresses Conservative Bona Fides

Fred Thompson's campaign has released a pair of new ads that begin airing tomorrow in Iowa and on Fox News. The ads, both of which are named "Consistent Conservative," are set in a diner.

The former Senator hits some traditional conservative themes in the longer spot, saying that he "fought for tax cuts, and for conservative judges" while in Congress. He talks about his "100 percent pro-life voting record," the value of a government that "defends us and protects our borders" and "doesn't tax and regulate us to death," and how "our rights come from God and not from government."

A CNN poll over the weekend put Thompson at 19 percent support nationally, second to Rudy Giuliani at 28 percent. An ARG poll at the end of last month put him at just 8 percent in Iowa, in fifth place.