How do you know he wasn't? Just another stupid hit piece.
"I don't get it. If he is running, why isn't he enthusiastic about campaigning?"
How do you know he wasn't?
I don't know that he isn't. But he certainly doesn't give the impression that he is enthusiastic, which is itself important.
I like the guy. I might even vote for him in the primaries. But perceptions are important, and I haven't seen the hunger, the fire in the belly that a GOP candidate will need to win next year.
It's early yet, there's still time, but he'll have to show it eventually if he really wants the job.
Every article on Republicans is a hit-piece... today, Thompson's getting a bevy of them.