Last night, Sen. Fred Thompson came to New Hampshire to meet with voters and explore the possibility of his own presidential run.

As we gathered in a convention room in Manchester, I saw a lot of ONE members floating around, and a few people flashed me the ONE bands that they received at the NH debates.

I was talking with ONE member, Andrea Synborski when Sen. Thompson turned the corner and approached us. Andrea told him about the ONE Campaign and I mentioned Senator Frist as being one of our nation co-chairs. Andrea pulled out a ONE band, as she did, he told her “Oh yes, I need a ONE band” and immediately put it on.

The room was filled with press and people soon crowded around Sen. Thompson so it was difficult to talk with him, but that did not stop our Marine Michael from getting a picture with him in his ONE shirt.

After the senator’s remarks, I was able to urge him to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa as president. I spoke briefly with the senator’s wife and offered her a ONE band too. She asked “what is ONE”, and I described the movement of Americans that want our nation to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa. But before I could finish my sentence, she enthusiastically recognized what ONE was and told me that she had read all about it on Sen. Frist’s website! She gladly accepted a ONE band from me and told me she would reiterate our message to her husband.

Senator Thompson said that he will be back to New Hampshire, and when he does, he will undoubtedly hear from ONE members that it is time to make poverty history.”