Maryland for Fred Thompson

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Thompson was in the class of 1994 that handed the Clintons a major defeat with a message of small government. His aides will also emphasize that the same year Thompson was calling for taking power away from the federal government and shifting it to states, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was endorsing New York’s Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was moving left in his unsuccessful first foray into politics, when he ran against Ted Kennedy for the Senate. “It’s only a fair question to ask every candidate in the race what were you fighting for in 1994,” said Todd Harris, Thompson’s communications director. “This nomination will be won by the candidate who best articulates those conservative principles.“