Thompson's the only candidate out there who's both pro-gun and has a shot at winning next November.
On other issues, he's also a winner - he'll be great from the foreign/defense policy standpoint, he's a tax-cut kind of guy, and he'll nominate genuinely conservative/strict constructionist-type judges and SC Justices.
He's got name recognition, charisma, a national record and gravitas. Run, Fred, run!!