Thompson is probably going out the same way he came in. Delivering a kind of half-committed to not continuing, but still continuing, very confusing speech last night. Wasn't that the way he began his presidential campaign. With one foot in the bathtub and the other out?

Was it a farewell message to his supporters? A chance for good old Fred to finally give one damn good speech before he quit? Or just a simpy nostalgic stroll down the path of his own belief system?

No one outside of the small knot of ferverent Fred loyalist seemed to know or care.

"Huh? What'd he say?" Chris Matthews laughed. Keith Olberman just rolled his eyes.

I'm sure our loyal daily paper would work just as hard on behalf of any Tennessean who runs for president.

Oh wait.