[kevkrom]

I really thought Thompson did have a very good shot, but if Morris and Buchanan are saying this, I might have to re-evaluate. When have they been right in the last decade?

Morris is right about 50% of the time, typically because he usually takes both sides of any given issue on consecutive days.

[TNCMAXQ]

Usually you would have to pay me to watch MSNBC but last night while channel surfing I caught Hardball with a discussion about Fred with Chris hosting Pat Buchanan and Margaret Carlson. Did Margaret once go out with Fred? I remember Mark Shields making some humorous remark about that on the Capital Gang many years ago.

Anyway, Chris Matthews was a little giddy over the prospect of Thompson running and says he likes him because he is not pretentious, and he gets right to the point of what he wants to say. It scares me just a bit that Fred seems well liked by a Chris Matthews type. But if Fred can start his campaign off without a barrage of attacks from the liberal talking heads, that is an advantage.

[Always Right]

Morris is right about 50% of the time, typically because he usually takes both sides of any given issue on consecutive days.

Good point. Morris like Kerry could engage in a heated debate with himself.