Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson is fast becoming the latest fad in a Republican search for anybody else. The parallels to last years adoption by the Democrats of general Wesley Clark comes to mind. But the more you look the less there is, this is a candidate headed no where. George Will, the undisputed best of the Republican pundits, has a great piece on him. At the very least he seems to have no common sense, doing an ad for a credit shark, written up by the LA Times (subscription required).