The Great Thaddeus McCotter for President Dream Is Dead 5.89K Jim Newell 09/22/11 04:46PM Filed to: 2012 2012 exits Thaddeus McCotter Thad mccotter Candidates Appic Tweetg Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter has ended his presidential campaign. Did you even know he was running? If not, it's because he would run off to Hardee's whenever the occasional reporter saw him. Anyway, the nomination is wide open now.