Brendan Nyhan

Fred Thompson is a “wild card”?

Huh?

The voting in New Hampshire did little to clarify the muddied Republican field. The McCain, Romney and Huckabee campaigns are all girding for battle, and some political analysts still see Fred D. Thompson of Tennessee as a wild card in Southern primaries.

At this point, isn’t Fred Thompson a “wild card” only in the sense of how completely he will be humiliated? He’s currently around 13% in South Carolina and I don’t think he’s about to catch fire…