FEBRUARY 10, 2008 --

Some time ago, this writer received a letter from the Fred Thompson campaign that began:  "Please give me your opinion:  What worries you the most about Hillary Clinton?"  ("most" was underlined.)   A paragraph or so later, this letter, signed by the candidate, explained that Thompson is "running for President -- to give voters in New York a conservative alternative to Hillary Clinton."

Isn't Thompson running as "conservative alternative" to all the Democrats and perhaps even some Republicans?   

Seems to LPR that Fred Thompson should have told us how as "a conservative" he would best serve the common good. What worries LPR is a candidate whose main campaign argument is a negative one.

LPR is convinced that voters would respond to "a conservative" who ran on a positive, common good, liberty-based platform that promoted the cause of national strength and cooperative free enterprise.

LPR note:  This criticism of  candidate Thompson comes too late; it was written before he quit the presidential race.