Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Jan. 22: Thompson bows out; Clinton and Obama battle

*Case closed

Fred Thompson, who won the hype election when he got into the presidential race last year, has bowed out. Thompson had sought to be a Ronald Reagan-style candidate, but with apologies to the late Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, Thompson was no Reagan. Wonder if "Law & Order" will take him back....

*Stop it, kids

They're members of the United States Senate, she was first lady and they're both running for president. But Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are going at it Hatfield and McCoy-style. Throw in former President - repeat, former President - Bill Clinton for an all-out mess.

This has the potential to be the frostiest crowning of a Democratic presidential nominee since 1980, when Ted Kennedy gave a less-than-warm greeting to President Jimmy Carter at that year's convention. We know what happened there....that Ronald Reagan guy won in November.

Clinton (or rather, the Clintons) and Obama should take a line from another Republican: A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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