I hope vetting is done early so the candidate we end up nominating can solidly weather it. Because dirt will certainly show up in ANY of them. This not to malspeak them but to point out the very real concern of media scrutiny and public perception. There's a quote from Horatio Hornblower -- "We each have a maggott in our past that would happily devour our future."
audio: Laura Ingraham's Fred Thompson interview
The first FDT political ad, courtesy of Mr.Politics
RedState.com: Goodbye Law and Order, Hello West Wing
UP & Coming Magazine: Watch Out Democrats
More Thompson Analysis from postpolitical.com
Boston Herald: GOP stage set for Thompson
Captain's Quarters looks at Fred Thompson
Mary Katherine Ham Makes the Case for Fred Thompson
OmniPundit criticizes some conservative pundits for dimissing Fred Thompson's chances
Bill Hobbs & John Gizzi pronounce FDT a conservative
L.A. Times: Conservative Republicans turning to Hollywood star
Doug Hagin makes a pitch for Fred on American Daily
Transcript of the Fox News Sunday interview that fueled the fire
Fred Factor: OmniPundit on the grassroots movement to draft Fred Thompson
OmniPundit: Thompson Run Could Change GOP Calculus
The Hill says The Fred Thompson Surge will transform the GOP race
AOL:'Law & Order' Actor Mulls White House Run
Race 4 2008: A Conservative Man For All Seasons
William Rusher: Fred Thompson considers running
Human Events: Fred Thompson is a conservative who can win
J.C. Watts Lends Support To Thompson For President
Fred is "Just Right" to most conservatives on the issues
Zach Wamp Says Thompson Likely To Run For President
Fred Thompson -- the next Ronald Reagan?
Robert Novak mentions Fred's solid conservative voting record
Online Petition to draft Fred Thompson has over 9,000 signatures
Political Wire: Thompson Seeking Political Operatives
Insiders Map Plan for '08 Thompson Bid
Rush: GOP Base Excited About Fred Thompson
J-Lo: This Fred Thompson Thing Looks Like It Could Be Getting Serious
Tennessee Republicans Urge Fred Thompson To Run
NewsMax - Wanted by the GOP: One Good Man
The American Spectator asks who's afraid of Fred Thompson
Zach Wamp: Why Fred Thompson Should Run For President
John Fund's WSJ Opinion Journal Fred Thompson interview
Fred Thompson Websites
draftfredthompson.com: grassroots central for the Draft Fred Thompson movement
Draft Fred Thompson 2008 Committee website
Grassroots Voter, a Better Fred Than Red blog
Former Sen. Bill Frist's Volunteer Political Action Committee blog
Coloradans For Fred Thompson blog
Fred Thompson Biographies and Collections
Bio from Fred's hometown of Lawrenceburg, TN
Fredipedia: Wikipedia's Fred Dalton Thompson bio
IMDB Fred Thompson's TV and film credits
The Fred Thompson Papers in The Modern Political Archives at the University of Tennessee
Sen. Thompson's statement re: the Clinton articles of impeachment
Bill Hobbs: The Daily Fred
The Daily Fred, March 21 Edition
The Daily Fred, March 20 Edition
The Daily Fred, March 19 Edition
The Daily Fred, March 16 Edition
The Daily Fred, March 15 Edition
Bill Hobbs reports on the Festival of Fred
Fred Thompson's Paul Harvey Show Transcripts:
I have heard that there are some. Rumors. Don't know if they are true. But, good golly, none of them nearly as bad as Bill Clinton or Rudy G. It won't kill him as long as he let's his staff know what they are and they are ready for the questions.
The personal stuff matters. His wife needs to sit down with an interviewer and reel 'em in.
That shouldn't be too difficult, given her background.