Bob Gibson
Daily Progress political blogger

    Former Sen. and Gov. George Allen, R-Fairfax County, went to Florida for the YouTube presidential debate and later told CNN that his presidential candidate, Fred Thompson, “stood far above all of ‘em” when it came to stands on issues that Republicans care about, such as illegal immigration.

    “The point is Fred is a consistent conservative,“ Allen told CNN’s Wolf Blizter in a CNN video clip that Allen posted Friday afternoon on his own blog: http://www.georgeallen.com/2007/11/30/george-allen-internet-is-good-for-democracy-cnn-political-ticker/.
   
    “He’s proud of his record,“ Allen told Blitzer in a nearly 7-minute interview in which he plugged away for Thompson. “Others may have to bob and weave and dodge and try to distort their past records, or run away from their records ... Fred Thompson is the man you can trust.“

    When Blitzer asked Allen if he will run again in Virginia, the co-chairman of Thompson’s campaign hardly said no.

    “Susan and I haven’t decided whether we’ll run again or not,“ Allen replied, then noted they are getting plenty of encouragement. Blitzer closed by noting: “Doesn’t sound like a no to me.“

    Allen made sure that the CNN piece was posted on his blog, where some Republicans might be more likely to find it than on CNN.