From our local Fort Campbell area (Clarksville TN) newspaper:
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

POLL
What is your level of support in a Fred Thompson run for the presidency?
Extremely supportive 48.6%
Somewhat supportive 11.4%
Not supportive 33.3%
Uncertain 6.7%

Total votes cast: 2683
Submit your comments

And Gomer sez:

Thank you! Thank You! Thank you!

I would expect the level of support for Thompson to be high in the state of TN

Non supportive 34.1%

Total votes cast: 2744

Not supportive 34.9% (+1.6%)
Somewhat- 11.1% (-.3%)
Extremely- 47.5% (-1.1%)
Uncertain- 6.5% (-.2%)


Votes Cast: 2786

Keep 'em coming.

and he reminds the Republican base that they cannot stand Romney (who's likely to win their nomination) or Giuliani (who's the second most likely also ran who could pull off a minor upset to win their nomination) or McCain (who would be their strongest general election candidate but whose campaign has collapsed beyond repair).

Hollywood Fred is a dream come true: a Republican candidate who reminds Republican primary voters how poorly their top tier candidates reflect their crazy misguided values but who is also a candidate that cannot win because he has 1) no campaign organization on the ground, 2) insufficient funds to make up for his lack of a campaign on the ground, and 3) a record as a lobbyist which will be hard to defend in their primary. Hollywood Fred has zero chance in Iowa (which Romney will likely win) and zero chance in New Hampshire (which Romney will likely win) so where is Hollywood Fred's campaign going to take off? The answer is nowhere.

Hollywood Fred promises an alternative which he cannot deliver which is very dispiriting to the Republicans who are desperate for an alternative to Rudy McRomney.

Why don't we want him to run?

I really wanted to vote in this one too...

They pulled it when things started looking bad for their boy.

This paper's owner is so much of a coward that he caved to
local Repug party pressure, and allows them to write
pro-* editorials under the guise of it being the consensus
opinion of the paper's editorial board.

But thanks for trying!

SICK of him I am already.

I hope he flames out early and leaves us all the hell alone.