Who Says Freddie's Alive?

Steven Stark, actually.  As pipedreams go, his fantastical scenario of Senator Thompson emerging as the consensus nominee at a brokered GOP convention this summer is not implausible, provided all its numerous pre-conditions were to fall into place.  But any Fredhead who'd actually count on such a lark is so loosely grounded in reality that they probably were never a "Thompson enthusiast" in the first place.

And, of course, FDT would have to be amenable to the deal as well.  If this rumor about him running for governor of Tennessee in 2010 is valid, it tells me that he's already planning his 2012 presidential run and wouldn't want to be offered up as a sacrificial goat on Hillary's alter.

Yes, that would be highly reminiscent of Reagan running in 1980 after losing the GOP nomination in 1976.  Something tells me if Her Nib's first term unfolds as I expect it to, and she hasn't abolished the Constitution and canceled elections indefinitely by then, Fred '12 could have a very similar result.