[cva66snipe]

You bet I am. People forget real quick that Fred was just barely hanging on to his seat when he retired. He likely would not have been elected another term. Fred missed his calling. He would have made a great State Attorney General in Tennessee and in all fairness to the man he was great at bring down the most corrupt governor in Tennessee history. His first term as senator was great. His second one was at best dismal. Fred’s mind was elsewhere for a majority of it. Sorry but I think if he could not handle John Glenn then he sure can’t handle todays DEMs. He’ll pander to the liberal GOP quicker than you can say {in Freds 1999 words} “I support John McCain.” I like Ron Paul except on national defense. But I’ll gladly vote for Hunter though. The rest except for Paul, Hunter, or Tancredo, can forget about ever seeing a vote from me in the general election.

[normy]

I disagree with your assessment of Fred. I think he is a natural leader and the Senate wasn't his thing. People like McCain are great Senators because they love to compromise. I think a great leader would find the Senate unworkable, like a truly brilliant mind would view college.

For the sake of argument, do you think Reagan would have done well in the Senate? I view the Senate as a bunch of self important, compromising fools for the most part who think they are one step away from the White House because they won a state wide election.

[kevkrom]

Fred was just barely hanging on to his seat when he retired. He likely would not have been elected another term.

You've got to be kidding. He won that seat twice by landslides and he could have easily won a third term.

[kabar]

People forget real quick that Fred was just barely hanging on to his seat when he retired.

Source please.

[TheThirdRuffian]

LOL.

Fred Thompson has amazing popularity in TN and had huge approval ratings — people were MAD when he stepped down after his daughter’s death.