There was a little creaking and cracking heard, a shot of some blown dust and loose cobwebs and shazaam!  We saw an animated Fred Thompson tonight.  He was great.  I think a lot of people have been waiting for this.  I wish he would have came out of the shell a bit earlier, but better late than never.  I hope this debate will help him here in South Carolina.  The latest Rasmussen reports the following:

• McCain - 27%
• Huckabee - 24%
• Romney - 16%
• Thompson - 12%
• Giuliani - 6%
• Paul  - 5%

FrankJ at IMAO has a list of funny possible campaign slogans for Sen. John McCain should he become the Republican nominee, and they are pretty good.

My personal favorites:

You hate him; he hates you; now lets kick some foreigner ass.

He’ll screw over terrorists even more than he screws over Republicans.

Today’s challenges require the leadership of a cranky old bastard.