From the Chattanoogan:

Rep. Zach Wamp said Monday that former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is very likely to run for President.

The Third District congressman told the Chattanooga Pachyderm Club, “I had a follow-up conversation with Fred Thompson, and there is a real, real strong possibility that he will run.”

He said Thompson “has to meet some obligations” with the “Law and Order” TV show and with broadcaster Paul Harvey.

He said Thompson has set aside April 18 and will meet with members of Congress. Rep. Wamp said he has already lined up over 40 members who are interested in the Thompson candidacy.

I’m starting to get pretty excited about this…

This came out a few days ago, but is still worth mentioning.  The Club for Growth is an outstanding organization.  The Club released their rankings for the House and Senate for the 2006 session.  Not many big surprises, but I must say that Arizona has a great congressional delegation representing them in the House.  Arizona Representatives Flake, Shadegg, and Franks are all ranked in the top five.    Not bad.

While Governor Sanford still denies he is running for President it looks like he may be running for something.

H/T: Club for Growth 

In the words of Charlie Brown, “Good grief…..”

People chuckled when presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon raised in Michigan and elected in Massachusetts, bungled the names of Cuban-American politicians during a recent speech in Miami.

But when he mistakenly associated Fidel Castro’s trademark speech-ending slogan — Patria o muerte, venceremos! — with a free Cuba, listeners didn’t laugh. They winced.

Castro has closed his speeches with the phrase — in English, ”Fatherland or death, we shall overcome” — for decades.

”Clearly, that’s something he was ill-advised on or didn’t do his homework on,” said Hialeah City Council President Esteban Bovo. “When you get cute with slogans, you get yourself into a trap.”

Miami Herald