RE: Is Fred Thompson Coming to the GOP's Rescue?

It isn't that the former Senator from Tennessee is such a good fit for the role of presidential candidate. It's simply that none of the other cast members is a perfect fit either.

That pretty much sums up the GOP's problems at the moment. None of the top three contenders have what it takes to pull the Reagan coalition together. I don't know that Thompson does either. When more of his record becomes the stuff of everyday political conversation, I think a lot of conservatives are going to have a very difficult time dealing with his support for CFR.

Regardless of whether it is deserved, Thompson earned a reputation around the nation's capital as someone who didn't like to raise money and who didn't have a high energy level in the Senate. When he had the chance to be handed a second full term, he turned it down, choosing instead to return to his acting career.

Here Rothenberg shows that he is a Washington insider and has been one for too long. The fact that Thompson voluntarily left Washington is a huge plus in the minds of all the Joe Sixpacks out there. And it's not like Thompson has been invisible since he left.