THOMPSON: What Do Fred and Mark Foley Have In Common?

After looking over ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) exposer Lane Hudson's FEC complaint against Fred Thompson, AmSpec Blog's Jennifer Rubin comments: "Having researched and written about this a bit I'd say there's more than a little merit to the claim. However, as a practical matter, the FEC takes eons to investigate these issues so any action or settlement would likely occur sometime into the next president's first term."

Rubin also shares an unsympathetic reaction from a rival campaign: "All the ah-shucks in the world cannot explain the utter hypocrisy of Fred Thompson's interest in transparency and disclosure as a champion of McCain-Feingold-Thompson in the Senate and his apparent interest in skirting the law as he stumbles towards a presidential bid."