The man of "hope" who was asked by thousands of conservatives to run for President is now a "once-was." We all know Thompson was this incredible social and fiscal conservative guy who fought with Michael Moore and the Hard core liberals of Hollywood and D.C. He taught us about National Security and threats of Nuclear capability. He attacked the Immigration procedures and Abortion tactics. But now the only thing we get from Thompson are chuckles in debates. Thompson lost, not a lot, but some of his support after "flirting" with the idea of running for President. Then, after entering decided he was going to be less aggressive and more, well more something, not quite sure what THAT is yet.

Thompson started looking as though he may be on the verge of coming back to that hard core style Candidacy, in the Debate when he refused to answer the question about Global Warming. Everyone loved it, but then, once again the Thompson phase faded. This is exactly why Thompson couldn't catch on in Iowa, could not catch on in New Hampshire, won't be able to catch on in Nevada and will be difficult to catch on in South Carolina. Thompson may just very well loose to the top three Republicans right now. Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney or John McCain. While Giuliani is focusing his attention on Florida and then Super Tuesday. Thompson is skipping early states, to make a desperate attempt to grab South Carolina. If he fails, he will not be able to win the nomination. If he wins, he still hasn't secured the nomination.

Thompson has relied on his advisers to run his campaign, and in hindsight, they run it horribly. Thompson's excuse for these accusations months ago was that he was winning in most state polls, and that his campaign was running very smooth. Well, that's no longer the case. So what is the new excuse Thompson? Any new plans? Any new agendas? Thompson has let down the social and fiscal conservatives of the Republican Party. As we move onto Nevada, we may see a win there for Huckabee and a win for Romney in Michigan. But South Carolina is a huge toss-up. With Thompson fading faster than ever, he will have to win South Carolina big in order to have a chance on Super Tuesday.