If they are smart, they will have a Plan B and two track it, multitask, and look at options for when and if Mr. Thompson drops out.
With the MSM arrayed against him, as they were against Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter, and even so called "conservative MSM" and conservative commentators, Fred Thompson does not have a chance and it is only a matter of time sadly for him and them. The writing is on the wall. The whole plan was to knock of conservatives, 1, 2, 3, just like that. They already got 1 and 2.
I don’t recall the MSM being on Reagan’s side when he was pursuing the nomination and he managed to do just fine. And the MSM is much less influential now than it was in Reagan’s time.
Evidently they didn’t have Plan B in place before they entered the race, either.