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"Well, it certainly won’t be aboard the FRaudhead Express to Leno’s couch"

Speaking of which....

"At 7:57 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday [Sept. 5th], while taping "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for broadcast later in the evening, Fred Thompson finally said: "I'm running for president of the United States."

Aside from the fact that he announced the same day as the debate and so he COULD HAVE participated, making the announcement on the 5th blows this necessarily precise timeline out of the water, does it not? A Sept. 5th announcement only takes him to the end of Sept., the 30th to be exact...NOT Oct. 1st., and NOT the 4th quarter.

"If, for example, he becomes a candidate September 6 and files his FEC form declaring his candidacy 15 days later on September 21, he can file his "Statement of Organization" 10 days after that on October 1 which would take him into the 4th Quarter. He may then argue that since his Statement of Organization wasn’t filed until the 4th Quarter, no report would be due until January 31, 2008. This will take him past New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, Nevada, Florida and perhaps Ohio which is threatening to move up its primary date as well."

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21677

"So perhaps now you can understand why Friends of Fred picked September 6, 2007, of all days, to make Fred's official announcement. It's the earliest possible date which allows Fred to get in the race, yet not have to disclose how much he raised in donations until the end of January."