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It sounds like a straight line

Did you hear that Fred Thompson dropped out of the Republican race? (as Karen reported below an hour ago)

Two questions:

1. What's the punch line?

2. If Thompson was drawing as much as a dozen point in recent polls, where does his support go?

(Ok, that could easily be a straight line, too.)

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