[dangus]

>> While he waits, the party is coalescing around the guy who is actually demonstrating his hunger for the nomination. Fred Thompson's belly and lackluster record in the senate show how big his work ethic is. He is a decent man, but not presidential fodder. Like Gingrich, he is hoping to fill a vacuum if one arises. That's not a leadership. <<

Believe you me, Thompson is not hanging around, waiting. If he is at all interested in a campaign, he is rounding up campaign workers, feeling out donors, conducting issues research, etc. He is also performing cost-benefit and feasibility analyses of every aspect of running.

...just a little glimpse into the sausage factory...

[massadvj]

Believe you me, Thompson is not hanging around, waiting. If he is at all interested in a campaign, he is rounding up campaign workers, feeling out donors, conducting issues research, etc. He is also performing cost-benefit and feasibility analyses of every aspect of running.

Well, I am in the sausage factory and that is what is so amazing to those of us who toil in this game (I am a consultant -- was a consultant to the California Legislature from 1976 to 1983, and currently a self-employed marketing analyst and entrepreneur who has done quite a bit of work in the political area).

Nothing like that is happening, which is causing people to wonder whether he is just running for Veep.

[gogeo]

Believe you me, Thompson is not hanging around, waiting. If he is at all interested in a campaign, he is rounding up campaign workers, feeling out donors, conducting issues research, etc. He is also performing cost-benefit and feasibility analyses of every aspect of running...

To paraphrase another Freeper, he's campaigning now, and getting paid to do so. If he declares, no more fill-in for Paul Harvey, no more L&O.