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I think that there is still an element that the ordinary working man wants a leader to look a leader and that is my concern over Fred Thompson.

When W needs to be he can look and act Presidential can Thompson maybe but he needs to soon start showing he can.

Blair when he first came to power played this card perfectly giving the ordinary working man and women in Britain the feeling that some of substance and importance was in control without being over powering and classiest. There is an element though certainly in Britain that we want our leaders to be slightly apart from us and different not just one of the ordinary folk.

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...in Britain that we want our leaders to be slightly apart from us and different not just one of the ordinary folk.

I understand. Mr. Thompson has enjoyed a remarkable career in the US. Some of us remember his cool, steady performance as the minority counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee. Others will no doubt recall his many cinema and TV performances. This sort of recognition is priceless in US politics.

Hillary would not be a factor in the race for POTUS had she not been First "Lady" for eight years. This may be shallow, but it is an undeniable aspect of US politics. However, when a posturing, lightweight such as Kerry sets out to impress the electorate with his "extraordinary" gifts, the result is usually predictable--thank God.

I support Hunter, but who in the general public knows him? Even a candidate with Romneys's ample physical and mental positives is, as Brit Hume pointed out this morning, not really catching on with the electorate. As I have previously stated, FDT may have a Lincolnesque attraction for the US that is made possible by the current troubled times and the political tower of babble that has ensued.