[ReleaseTheHounds]

With Thompson, they get someone just as tough, and who can have just as good a shot at winning.

Just as tough? All I remember of Fred, unfortunately, is seeing him get rolled by John Glenn on the Senate Committee investigating illegal campaign contributions during the 1996 election season. Tough? Senators by their very nature aren't "tough". And that's why only one in our lifetime has been elected President.

[The Wizard]

Good for you....I knew there were some brains here

[CharlesWayneCT]

15 of the nation's 41 presidents served in the Senate.


If you mean "directly from the senate", TWO presidents were elected out of the Senate, not one.

And Thompson is not IN the Senate today, so he wouldn't count.

[Gop1040]

"All I remember of Fred, unfortunately, is seeing him get rolled by John Glenn on the Senate Committee investigating illegal campaign contributions during the 1996 election season. Tough?"

In an odd way that is Thompson's claim to fame while serving in elective office. Other that, it was a nondescript Senate career. The line on Senator Thompson has always been that that he lacked that "fire in the belly" to really be an effective leader. To illustrate, there's the often mentioned Ronald Reagan comparison. Reagan's career went from LaLa Land to Sacramento to Washington. Thompson career went from Washington to LaLa Land. Opposite paths. He's a good man actor though.