He is an awful public speaker. He rambles in this slow monotone voice and he appears to be a guy who was just woken up from a nap. I wanted Thompson to be this golden boy savior when it was rumored that he’d come into the race. I watched some speech of his in California last year and I was very saddened that this was the best the right could present to the voters of America. It’s not good enough to be a reliable voter on the issues-— that’s what you require of a congresscritter. A president has to be able to lead, to persuade, to inspire. Fred can’t do that.
Best analysis of why Thompson's campaign was doomed. I and others (maybe you too) warned Thompson-pushers about this long ago.