Fred Thompson is announcing for president today (and I, am, like so excited! Squeal!). He's not, however, attending the Republican debate, hosted by Fox News and held in New Hampshire. Instead, he'll run this ad on Fox during the debate:
So is this what the Republican base is looking for? Granted, the guy's got a solid, authoritative air presence that lets the ad scan like something you'd see in the last five minutes of a West Wing episode -- but not an exciting, or inspiring, episode. And Thompson's thumbing of his nose at Fox, New Hampshire, and the millions of Republican voters that would like to hear his views makes him seem a tad insecure, no? This is a guy running largely on the theory that he's tall and tough. But he's too scared to explain his views while standing behind a lectern?
