This is a response to Hugh Hewitt's blog post Novak Runs Over Huckabee.

I would have posted it on his blog but I got a little long...

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Mr. Hewitt, I've gotta say, IMHO, your attack in this post on Thompson speaks more of your ego than his viability as a candidate.

I've noticed that the main complaint of the punditocracy about Fred is that he isn't catering to YOU!

McCain and many of the others have decided that their "base" is the media, in one form or another, and have been catering to them, courting them and addressing their concerns instead of the peoples'.  Yes, you're "people" too, but you're also part of an elite that feel slighted when a candidate doesn't drop dead in an attempt to woo them. 

Please get over yourselves!

I read and enjoy your site daily, many times.  I don't recall any notable post by you examining Fred's positions on any of the subjects that he has put out detailed policy proposals on.   His reference to NRO on Sunday was to their editorial praise (easily found) for his willingness to put out explicit positions on a number of issues, something all of the other candidates are notably unwilling to do.

I think I've read most of your stuff on the candidates, so far as I can tell, and my best recollection is that you don't talk about their detailed proposals (if any).  Instead my impression is that you have mostly been concerned with the "beauty pageant" aspects of this unending horse race and not the substance.  You've talked about "the best" candidate for one position or another but I don't recall much actual discussion of why that should be, just your judgment.

I easily could be dead wrong and you may be able to cite hundreds of very detailed posts on those subjects, but the fact remains that it's not what I've taken away from your site.

I will continue to read your blog and columns as I find you genuinely insightful, but I think you made your mind up early and aren't about to budge from the investment that you've made in that commitment.  It's uncomfortably like how I perceive the MSM and Dhimmicrat's devotion to the proposition that we must lose in Iraq since it favors their own self interest.  A victorious Thompson would go against your own self interest so you buy into the MSM "narrative" about him.

I just don't buy it.

Know this, my preferred ticket this fall is Thompson/Romney, with Fred delegating to Mitt the role supposedly Clinton set up for the Goracle: reinventing government.  That's something Mitt has proven that he could run away with and actually accomplish miracles with a partner who truly supported him and who would be providing the guiding principles grounded in true conservatism.  I think it would guarantee 16 years of a Republican executive and a real chance to rescue this country from the perils we now face.  And that's about the time it would take.