Might be the dumbest thing you ever heard but Fred’s own actions support it. The thought I believe was to prevent the conservative vote from coalescing around a conservative candidate so as to deny McCain the nomination. IMHO Fred Thompson would have won the nomination if he had campaigned for it. These folks are quite capable of formulating and executing simple plans such as this. Why do you they couldn’t or wouldn’t?
Absurd. Fred Thompson was the only real conservative among the five serious candidates: McCain, Romney, Rudy, Huckster, and Fred. There were no conservative candidates besides Fred who could have beaten McCain. That is why conservatives begged Fred to run.