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The former U.S. Senator and movie actor formally announced his long-awaited candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination at the Des Moines Convention Complex. It wasn’t very impressive.

The crowd of a few hundred didn’t seem enthused. Thompson’s oratory didn’t soar but was somewhat rambling."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1176","displayName":"Marc Ambinder","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/marc-ambinder/","biography":{"default":"Marc Ambinder is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/marcambinder","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"marc-ambinder"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/09/yepsen-thompson-underwhelmed/50377/","title":"Yepsen: Thompson Underwhelmed","seoTitle":"Yepsen: Thompson Underwhelmed","dateModified":"2008-09-29T22:05:48Z","datePublished":"2007-09-06T22:07:52Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Yepsen: Thompson Underwhelmed","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/50377/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/09/yepsen-thompson-underwhelmed/50377/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Des Moines","Republican presidential nomination","Des Moines Convention","long-awaited candidacy","Fred Thompson","announcement speech"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"yepsen-thompson-underwhelmed","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_politics","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_politics_issues_policy","gs_entertain","gs_politics_misc","gs_politics_american","gt_positive","gs_entertain_movies"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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