Former ABC News political director, and Time magazine’s new editor-at-large and senior political analyst, Mark Halperin, has posted a brief piece about Fred.

“… Thompson, 64, has vaulted in public-opinion polls to within striking distance of the leading Republican candidates. In the latest Time poll, he’s at 10%, matching Mitt Romney. …

The single most compelling feature of a Thompson candidacy would be his magnetism. A natural storyteller, he speaks with a relaxed cadence and unhurried confidence, peppering his remarks with language such as “fella” and “bad guys,” pausing expertly to make a point, relish an applause line, set up a joke.”

Read the entire article here.

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