Please, someone get this to any Johnny Mac Campaign operative, I have the strategy to win: The Monday after Barry announces his V.P. choice, hold a big Johnny Mac conference. Do not tell the press what will be said, getting them all there, and annonce this, "The most important appointment a president will ever make is to the Supreme Court, and if circumstance allows me to make such an appointment my first appointment will be Fred Thompson."

What this does is require Barry  respond, in a bidding war he cannot win, or to appear timid in the face of a challenge. Since Fred Thompson is a former Judge, and an ex-senator, his nomination would at once, be feasable, and energize the base more than any Veep could.

Barry might say Hillary, and that would surely energize the rest of the fence sitting conservatives. In fact, any person he would mention would be a greater differentiation between he, and Johnny Mac. Whomever it was, it would create a rift among liberals Thompson would not create among conservatives.

By the way, for his Veep, Johnny Mac needs Kay Bailey Hutchison. A female, conservative southern republican!

Of course, this requires consulting Fred, but knowing his patriotism, he would not refuse the opportunity to serve his nation! Neither would K.B.H.