Run, Fred, Run

Fred Dalton Thompson has finally announced: he's running.

When he said, "every silver lining has a cloud," he basically got my vote. It's Fred '08 or nothing for me, less on issues, more on wavelength.

Where is he on the issues? So far, I haven't heard or seen anything I disagree with him on. And frankly, of the other candidates I've been able to follow (Rudy, Mitt, McCain), none of them seem to know how or when to present a poker face the way Fred does. In fact, I think that's Rudy's biggest weakness: his righteous anger toward the supporters of 9/11 is right, but not for a sitting President. His reactions to the House of Saud and Ron Paul demonstrate this. I like Rudy, and overall I think he's a great guy, but the man's best qualities are better focused domestically, not internationally. Fred, being the actor, and having that laid-back Southern "them's the facts, Jack" approach, will be more solid and less sway-able in dealings with foreign governments, I think.

But that's just me.

Posted on Sep 6, 2007 at 4:04:20 AM EDT.