Thompson took a lot of credit for his work as Governor and claimed to have instituted many of the Tea Party values. But, he said, it's time for a new generation to take over, and, besides, he promised his family...
I have lots more photographs of the rally, which drew a huge (and well-behaved) crowd. Someone on the podium declared there were 12,000 people there. I don't know if that's true, but you can judge for yourself from my photographs which will be up soon.
