Is Fred Thompson "The Man?"

As far as I'm concerned, the "jury's still out" on Fred Thompson as the man I'd vote for to be president, although I'm leaning in that direction. "The principal complaint about Thompson concerns not his ideology but his work ethic. The rap is that he does not burn the midnight oil -- the identical criticism of Reagan, before and during his presidency. That carping may betray resentment that Thompson has emerged as a full-blown candidate without backbreaking campaign travel and tedious fund-raising." If that's all they can come up with to criticize him, he's looking better and better for me. I hold it against him that he voted against kicking Bill Clinton out of office when he had the chance. And that he was in favor of the McCain-Feingold unconstitutional "Campaign Finance Bill" that did nothing but make it harder for ANYBODY to say or write anything against an incumbent in the last months before an election. But his voting record has been 86% conservative, according to the American Conservative Union, which is in his favor on the surface. However, I still have to look at the "specifics" in his voting record. I will, and when I do, I'll come out either for or against his candidacy. So far, however, he's the "best-looking" Republican candidate I can see (which has nothing to do with how pretty he is, or isn't). "Real Clear Politics says, "None of the big-three Republicans has been so consistently conservative as Thompson on tax policy, national security and abortion." To me, most of the Republican candidates lean way too far toward socialism for me to vote for them, though there is NO Democrat I'd EVER vote for. "Thompson's critics assert that, bored with his lucrative career as an actor, he has enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame created by a chance TV interview and will not really run." Again, if that's all his opponents can come up with, "he's golden" in my estimation. (Real Clear Politics/Robert Novak, 4/2/07)