[plain talk]

Anyone who watched the campaign finance hearings in the Senate during which Fred Thompson got completed rolled over by Sentaor John Glen and the dem attorneys knows that the left is NOT afraid of him. Prior to those disappointing hearings, I too thought of Thompson as presidential material.

Wow. You just refreshed my feeble memory. I had the same exact experience and now recall wondering at the time - "what happened to Fred Thompson?". Until that hearing I thought he was da man.

[CharlesWayneCT]

The problem with considering a Senator is that the Senate is a place where people are expected to be collegial and work together.