Tennessean.com: Office puts Fred Thompson step closer to running

By ANNE PAINE
Staff Writer

Republican Fred Thompson will be inching closer to a possible run for the presidency when he opens a "testing the waters" office today in the historic Fall School Building on Eighth Avenue, a source close to his potential campaign said Monday.

That's one rung below a formal "exploratory" committee phase — which is just behind a full-blown campaign announcement.

Workers were trimming hedges, sweeping and otherwise sprucing up Monday around the historic Fall School Building at 1130 8th Ave. S., where U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander — himself a former presidential contender — has an office.

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