Bill Hobbs over at Elephant Biz has a nice write up on why Fred Thompson is just so damn popular.  Is it because he is the “real conservative” and everyone else is just a poser?  I highly doubt that.  While it is correct that Fred is a true conservative that doesn’t seem to be the real source of his appeal to the average American.

Fred Thompson is keepin it real and that is why they love Fred.  If he doesn’t know the answer to a question he doesn’t spew jargon out of his mouth to cover his ignorance, instead (in a truly novel approach) he simply admits that he isn’t educated on the issue at hand.  If he doesn’t believe in something, like tort reform for example, he simply says so even though he knows it will cost him conservative votes.  Fred Thompson is honest and has credibility, something that virtually no one in politics today has.  The GOP is so lost they don’t even seem to understand that they lack credibility with voters (both conservative and independent) and are making no effort to regain the trust they have managed to shatter over the last ten years.

Fred Thompson is doing something much more important that running for president, he is showing America how the political process can work again and what a true leader looks like.