Doesn't Even Have A Facebook Account

The rise of Fred Thompson is an unusual phenomenon for the Republican party which usually accepts the candidates presented to it.  But with three nationally-prominent front-runners and a dozen or so back-benchers, we're still not pleased with the menu this year and we're showing it by the low campaign contribution numbers.  The media has spun those as an indication that conservatism is dying and that the money flowing to Obama and Hillary indicates a Democratic resurgence.

But, that's not the case.  Conservatives are simply holding on to their checkbooks until a candidate they like comes along.  And it looks as if he's almost here.  Grassroots politics in the Republican party, who'd have thought?  And without any Internet presence either -- though that part was easier to predict.