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Erick at RedState looks at the growing coordinated single-issue attack on Fred Thompson - He's a lobbyist! - and reveals there's less to the "damning" charge than meets the eye.

This again is another example of both why Fred Thompson is running and why he is running such an innovative campaign. The inside the beltway crowd, from the media to the politicians, love to pigeonhole anyone and everyone and presume each candidate is the sum of one of their parts instead of the whole.

They are all in for a rude awakening with Fred's campaign.

And should they be scared? Hell yeah. Look at today's poll numbers. The LA Times has Fred at 21% to Rudy's 27%. Rasmussen has Fred and Rudy tied at 24% each with Romney and McCain tied at 11% each.  

Thompson is scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight.