The American Spectator's Prowler blog looks at the prospect of a Fred Thompson presidential candidacy:
"Anyone who doubts that Fred isn't the real deal needs to look at his performance on Sunday and rethink things," says a senior Republican National Committee official. "You can't watch him or read the transcript and wonder what the dynamic would be like with him in the race."
He's referring to Thompson's appearance on Fox News Sunday, where, unlike candidates like Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain, Thompson has no problem addressing where he stood on issues from abortion, gun control, and campaign finance reform.
"It isn't just Fred," says the RNC official. "You see and hear [former Gov.] Jeb [Bush] and you realize what the GOP field is missing. You see those two guys and you want to vote for them. With most of the guys in the race now you just feel like eventually you're going to have to vote for them simply out of party loyalty."
I don't want to vote for a nominee out of party loyalty, or as a vote against a Hillary Clinton or a Barack Obama. I want to vote for someone, in both the primary and the general election the way I voted for Ronald Reagan the first time I was old enough to vote in a presidential election. Lots of Republicans feel that way too, I believe, and - judging from the polls - many of them don't feel the current field provides them a way to do that. Hence, the Thompson surge.
See, also, Michelle at Reform Chicks Blabbing, who has wall-to-wall Fred coverage today.
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