Trouble for Thompson?

There's been a great deal of anticipation for Fred Thompson to get into the presidential race for 2008. But while waiting for his decision is causing excitement among conservatives, is it also creating problems?

In assessing the decisions of Rudy Giuliani and John McCain to skip the Iowa straw poll on Aug. 11, Pat Buchanan extends his analysis to Thompson, who will also not be participating in the poll.

"Writing off Iowa makes sense for Thompson," Buchanan writes. "For it is hard to see how he could make up for the lost six months he has already ceded to the other candidates in organizing the state. Most Iowa political activists have already committed to other candidates."

In April, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that among the predictions from former (Bill) Clinton strategist James Carville was that "The current Republican field is so notably lackluster – 'Rudy Giuliani has been married more times than Mitt Romney's been hunting' -- that the party will turn to someone not even in the field yet. And 'the only person I can figure is Jeb Bush.'"

Or Thompson. But can anticipation trump organization? We'll see...

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