All the Reasons in the World

Professor Bainbridge runs down the reason he's pleased Fred Thompson is in the race. My personal favorite:

Unlike say Hillary or Romney, he hasn't been planning to run for President ever since s/he got elected President of the 9th Grade class and the senior football players ran his/her underwear up the flagpole, as illustrated by his famous comment that "After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood."