Senator Fred Thompson has fallen short of the 500 signatures required to be on the ballot for Delaware's Feb. 5 Republican primary.
Wow. Talk about incompetence. This is most significant not for the loss of potential delegates, but for the negative light in which it places the entire Thompson campaign. I mean, they couldn't get 500 valid signatures?!? (Apparently they got over 800, but only ~300 of them were registered Republicans.)
Looks like the media narrative on Sen. Thompson was substantially correct. This is the campaign of a man who's just not trying very hard. Remember a few months ago when he was going to be the Magical Conservative Savior?