Fred Is Moving Up

The American Thinker is reporting that a McClatchy-MSNBC poll shows Fred in third place.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney has 27 percent;
Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee has 23 percent;
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson has 14 percent;
Sen. John McCain of Arizona has 13 percent;
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has 5 percent;
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas has 5 percent;
Rep. Duncan Hunter of California has 1 percent.
Undecided: 12 percent.

This compares quite favorably to several weeks ago when Fred was in the low single digits.

One thing I can report is that the Thompson campaign raised over $250,000 by Friday evening giving him the money needed to air the TV spots his campaign hopes will keep him in the running. Politically Fred has been known to be a slow starter and a strong closer. We shall see.