We've already experienced one acting president, and to our mind we don't need another. Especially not one who will carry on many of the idiotic policies of the current occupant of the White House. He may look good on TV, but Fred Thompson lacks the leadership skills this country so desperately needs.-Jake

From the Associated Press via Capitol Hill Blue:

Fred Thompson didn't enter the 2008 presidential race Tuesday, but he talked like he was getting close to jumping in.

Asked by Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" if he'd like the nation's top job, the former Tennessee senator said, "I've never craved the job of president, but I want to do some things that only a president can do."

"So," Thompson added, "the answer is yes."

Thompson — a Republican best known for playing a prosecutor on NBC's "Law & Order" — has formed a presidential exploratory committee and is expected to join the GOP race this summer.