Is it just for laughs ... or is Fed Thompson really in this thing for the duration?

Fred Thompson tells Jay Leno he's a candidate

Well, if the number of hits on and the numbers and dollar amount of Internet-generated campaign contributions from his website alone are any gauge, he's in this thing ... and in it with the likelihood of grabbing the nomination from out of the hands of the so-called "darlings" of the party in record time. Watch for him to be at the top of the polls within two months--or less! He's certainly not my favorite Republican, but I know a winner when I see one. And besides, although my less-than-knowledgeable viewpoint means nada, the barbs tossed his way at the recent debate suggest that the other Republican candidates are shaking in their boots--except Ron Paul, of course, who correctly sees Thompson as "diluting" the pro-war gaggle of paunchy old men who stand 180 degrees opposite of Dr. Paul.

Still, his (Fred Thompson's) very astute choice of staying a million miles from the Republican debates (until now) and sitting opposite Jay Leno as he made his announcement, is the last in a series of marvelous and calculated decisions by Mr. Thompson. Personally, I thought that his airing a political commercial entitled "Debate" both before and during the Republican Debate was the icing on the cake. The only question now is, who will he choose to run with him? Maybe Mike Huckabee will be on the ticket after all.


(A few months ago) Fred Thompson tells Jay Leno he might someday be a candidate