Another story,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5665.html
A key adviser said the two biggest issues motivating Thompson are “Islamic radicalism and the threat of terrorism reaching our shores,” and a sense that “politics has broken down in the domestic arena, too.”
Thompson plans to announce some politically dicey policies, including a plan to overhaul a system of entitlements — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — that some experts argue is not financially sustainable.
Loser 9/10 issues. Sounds like the effect of throwing off his younger supporters for the old guard. If he mentions anything about “privatization” of social security he’s finished.
Did you forget a sarc tag? I ask in all seriousness.