So the news is coming through the grapevine that Fred Thompson is going to officially announce... for real this time... unlike last time he was going to officially announce but didn't.  In generally I'm pretty disappointed with the Republican field as a whole, and don't find the Democratic field any better.  I still like Ron Paul, but I'm just not sure he's building enough traction.  It is still early, so the game is wide open, but that's not the real point of the post.

I have an uneasy feeling about Fred Thompson.  It's hard to put my finger on it exactly, but something about his run just doesn't seem right to me.  It's more of a gut thing than anything I can link to in something specific he's said... but the thing is... I listen to my gut.  I think it started because before Fred Thompson was even a serious "I'm not running candidate", he was getting way too much press, and way too many people were excited by him.  He had hardly said anything, and people were already begging him to run for President.  Why?  What did he do to earn that, besides play a part in Law & Order, and talk about how the Russians don't take a dump without a plan?

His time in the Senate?  I'm not sure it was all that memorable... and honestly... what Senator really has that distinguished of a career?  Next thing you know, Democrats will be touting Hillary Clinton's, or John Edwards' time in the Senate as distinguished and making them deserving of the Oval Office.  In fact, the most undistinguished part of his Senate record is his support for the McCain-Feingold Act.  I have publicly said I would never vote for John McCain because of that bill... so how could I support Fred Thompson for voting for the same?

But the truth is that all those things are my brain trying to figure out why my gut doesn't like Fred Thompson.