N.H. readies for Fred Thompson

A New Hampshire organization and a possible trip to the state are being put together should “Law and Order” TV star Fred Thompson enter the Republican presidential race.

On a conference call with 100 supporters yesterday, Thompson said he would file papers next week to form a presidential exploratory committee and possibly formally enter the race in July.

The only person from New Hampshire on that call, Sam Pimm, a Republican consultant, said he is helping to coordinate the campaign in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state.

“He is the conservative that people like me have been waiting for,” Pimm said.

A trip to the state is being put together for sometime in late June.