I agree, except Rudy is going to hang around. The moderates have to have someone to support. I don't think the GOP can go wrong with either Thompson or Romney, but Thompson clearly has the momentum. This makes all the people crying about Thompson entering too late look really silly. It is possible it is too early.
Let's wait a couple of months and I bet things will look different, and then another couple of months and you get the same type of political "mood" swings.