For Fred Thompson: It Will Be Three-and-Out

In less than two months from now, Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign will be history. A campaign that started out so promising will be caput. Although he’s currently showing some decent poll numbers nationally and in South Carolina, his fortunes in the leadoff states of Iowa and New Hampshire look dreadful right now and will ultimately prove to be his undoing. He’s not in the top three in Iowa and he’s out of the top four in New Hampshire.

If these numbers hold up (and they probably will), his campaign will be in a tailspin by the time the South Carolina Primary rolls around on January 19th. Most of the South Carolinians who are now saying they will support him will turn to someone who has a better chance of capturing the nomination. After a third disaster in a row, he will drop of out the race. To borrow a football term, it will be three-and-out for Thompson.