Right On The Right

No, he hasn't announced his intention to run yet, as was expected, but he did talk about the possibility. With Rudy Giuliani in the lead and my current pick, Mitt Romney, being butchered by Conservatives calling him a flip-flopper, we might need Fred Thompson. Gribbit thinks so. Ms. Underestimated has the video of Thompson on FOX News Sunday and a bit of transcript I'd like to share:

WALLACE: We’ve got a couple of minutes left. I’m sure some people are listening to you and saying, “You know what, I like this guy. I would like him to be my presidential candidate.”

You talked about it in terms of the process — you’re going to think about it and decide in your own gut. But there’s got to be more than that. I mean, how do you figure out whether or not there’s interest out there, whether there is support? How are you going to test the waters?

THOMPSON: This day and time, it doesn’t take long to learn what people think. I have never beaten down a lot of doors in my life, but occasionally doors have opened to me, and I had sense enough to see that they were opening, and I would walk through them, and they’ve always turned out well for me.

I’m just going to wait and see what happens, as I say. I’m going to have my own thoughts about what’s necessary to get the job done, be successful in doing it.

I want to see how my colleagues who are on the campaign trail do now, what they say, what they emphasize, what they’re addressing, and how successful they are in doing that, and whether or not they can carry the ball in next November, and mainly whether or not they can reach the American people, inspire the American people to do the tough things that we’re going to need to do.

As I said, Romney is getting slandered by people unhappy about his evolution as a Conservative, and Rudy is not nearly Conservative enough to be our nominee. It looks like Thompson is taking the "Gingrich Route" and waiting things out before entering the race. Thompson would be one hell of a candidate.