The unbearable length of time this presidential race has been in motion has made it quite difficult to get very excited about anyone or anything involved.

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I looked very much forward to Fred Thompson entering the race. I felt he was a strong conservative with many of the qualities the country needed in a President.

Then began his off again, on again entry into the race, his announcement on Jay Leno on the same night as a Republican debate and the appearance of his own less than enthusiastic approach to his campaign.

Now I know, his entrance was the traditional timing many years ago. The appearance on Leno has been a tactic used by may to throw their hat in the ring and perhaps what I see as less than enthusiastic is just his southern heritage coming to the forefront. But gosh, at some point you have to show some real get up and go if you want to be President.

I read this today at Real Clear Politics and immediately thought the Thompson campaign would be well served to do the same:

The Watergate attorney has made himself into this election’s Don Quixote, the impractical idealist tilting at “the system.” Even as he announced his run on the Jay Leno show in September, Mr. Thompson quipped he “wasn’t in the room when they made the rules” that resulted in today’s sped up, big-money, 24-hour-news-byte primary. He has refused to play nice–declaring late and declining to join rivals in the media hoopla and nonstop campaign. It has proven a case study in the folly of trying to single-handedly buck modern politics.

It might have helped if Mr. Thompson, who stated his intention to trust in “the people” to give him a hearing, had offered those people something more than personality at the start of his tardy campaign. It has instead only been very recently that he has, admirably, tried to craft himself into the ideas candidate.

If Mr. Thompson is serious about his desire to be President, we need to hear more on his thoughts on immigration, national security and taxes and not just at these so called debates.

He needs to find a way to garner more press and that is the job of his campaign and the man himself, not those who might in the future find him the most appealing candidate the GOP has to offer.

Convince us Fred. Show us you have what it takes not only to win the nomination but the general election.

There are many of us waiting to throw our support behind a strong GOP candidate.