It’s not exactly a secret that Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign isn’t going well. By some measures, that’s a surprise — he’s plenty conservative; he’s never flip-flopped on key issues; and he’s not a member of a religious minority that the GOP base finds offensive. Simply as a matter of process of elimination, this guy should be huge<\/i>.<\/p>\n
There is, of course, a problem: Thompson apparently has no interest in actually running for president.<\/p>\n
There’s no shortage of stories about Thompson running a lackluster campaign that seems to include avoiding voters. Here’s<\/a> a good example. Here’s another<\/a>, another<\/a> and another<\/a>. It’s as if the former senator is allergic to retail politics.<\/p>\n Given all of this, Thompson offered an unusual admission yesterday: his heart’s really not into all of this<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I’m not particularly interested in running for president,” the former senator said at a campaign event in Burlington when challenged by a voter over his desire to be commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n “But I think I’d make a good president,” Thompson continued. “I have the background, capability, and concern to do this and I’m doing it for the right reasons.” […]<\/p>\n “I am not consumed by personal ambition,” Thompson also said Saturday. “I’m offering myself up…. I’m only consumed by a few things and politics is not one of them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n