Thompson says Campaign will Continue

• Thompson Says Campaign Will Continue
• 
  Friday January 4, 2008 5:46 AM
• 
  
• By NAFEESA SYEED
• Associated Press Writer
• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Fred Thompson remained upbeat despite failing to win or finish second in the Iowa caucuses.
• Thompson congratulated his opponents - Mike Huckabee won the vote and Mitt Romney finished second - and said he was looking forward to the contests in New Hampshire next Tuesday and beyond.
• As of midnight, Thompson and John McCain were in a close race for a third-place finish.
• ``It looks like somebody is going to need to carry a strong, consistent, conservative message - and it looks like it ought to be me,'' Thompson told a cheering crowd of supporters.
• It was a message they were eager to hear. [more here]