Fred Thompson's fan dance kept other conservatives from developing any momentum. Once he was in to divide the vote, he waited until McCain was a lock and bowed out.
McQueeg was far from a lock when we voted in Missouri. Fred’s name was still on the ballot and he had dropped out at least three weeks prior to the primary. The sequence of events doesn’t hold up. Fred never had that much horsepower in the race anyway. Mittens and Huckster were all the media talked about while quietly steering their minions to cross over for McLame.