Thompson Continues Saying He Won't Drop Out
SIOUX CITY, IOWA -- Fred Thompson continued to fire back at reports that he will drop out of the race if he has a low finish in Iowa, this time saying the press was partly to blame.
"I'm afraid the media never gets tired of allowing itself to be used," he said. "And I think that quite frankly the media is being used for purposes to hurt me here in the last few days because they see what's happening."
What's happening, according to Thompson, is that some polls show him gaining in Iowa. "We're working day and night for the last two and a half weeks," said Thompson. "We are surging in the polls."
This appearance was the senator's last before the caucus, and he said he felt confident as he headed back to Des Moines to await the results.
"It will be in the hands of the good Lord and the people of Iowa," he said.
"And I'll be perfectly happy, I think, when those results come in."