THE FRED THOMPSON REPORT - ARCHIVES (He must be running!) And the point is: It means - many have been on Fred’s case telling him to make up his mind and run or not. However, many like me believe he made up his mind a while ago, to run, but that his many contractual obligations, in conjunction with “equal access” concerns have prevented him from announcing before this month. The fact that he is now a “former” ABC Radio commentator means he is giving up this probably well-paying gig to do something else...