On Tap

I am fortunate enough to work in the same office with Mike Deaver, who most will remember as President Reagan’s Deputy Chief of Staff and longtime communications guru. A couple of months ago, Mike recorded a short video for our European colleagues providing some analysis of the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. Yesterday, using that video as its chief source, the Daily Telegraph of London reported that Mike had endorsed Fred Thompson. The Drudge Report picked up the story this morning, and by this evening, the stampede was on — Reagan folks getting on board with Thompson.

Unfortunately, it never happened. Krempasky has the story at RedState, but bottom line, Mike told us, is that “Fred Thompson is a great guy, but I haven’t endorsed anyone in the Republican primary, and don’t intend to.”

The funny part is that I had intended to blog about Mike’s video last week, and just never got to it. Needless to say, given Mike’s experience and insight, the video and analysis are outstanding, and well worth watching.

In a separate post at RedState, Mark Kilmer points out this quote from the non-candidate in question, Senator Thompson.

“Ronald Reagan believed in something. How much we need that today. He showed what can be done if you have the will to push for tough choices, and the ability to ask the people to accept them.”

It seems to me that a candidate who believes in something in the way that President Reagan did is an ingredient sorely missing from the current Republican field.

UPDATE: The Politico breaks the news that Thompson is eyeing a summer announcement.

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