Fred Is Out: Updated

I don't believe he really wanted to run and then to get drafted to great acclaim and then crash and burn has got to be a little embarassing. He will not endorse anybody but I think most of his fans will migrate to Mitt since they are the closest on policy issues and Mitt has a real chance of winning. I also believe if he had run a better campaign McCain and Huckabee would have been nonfactors.
I hear Huckabee is out of money and may get out soon as well.

From the Romney campaign:

"Throughout this campaign, Fred Thompson brought a laudable focus to the challenges confronting our country and the solutions necessary to meet them. He stood for strong conservative ideas and believed strongly in the need to keep our conservative coalition together. Ann and I would like to extend our best wishes to Fred, Jeri and their family and congratulate them on their efforts during this campaign."

Update: Patrick Ruffini ran a poll over the last couple days since SC asking where Fred's supporters would go and the results are as I expected with nearly 5,000 responses.
Romney 74%
Giuliani 15%
McCain 7%
Huckabee 5%

Sidenote: I understand Fred's mother is seriously ill and in intensive care so my prayers are with them and urge my readers to do the same. I am sure this had something to do with his decision, it would be extremely hard to campaign effectively in that situation.

Update: Rusty at The Jawa Report, a serious Fredhead, has posted an open letter to fellow Fredheads to support Mitt because Mitt gets the threat of radical Islam and the need for border security in this age of jihad.
I will add, ignore national polls at this point as they had Reagan way back as well in 1980 and we know how that worked out, grin. I can say we will welcome you with open arms and a warm spot by the fire in the Romney camp.

Update: I never thought my Fredhead friends were defeatist but they are sure mopey. A question for them: If your star quarteback gets hurt do you forfiet the game or send in the next guy and play just as hard for him if not harder to win the game? We have a Super Bowl to win or we will have socialism forced upon us by judicial fiat and executive decree. I cannot pound this point harder, there will be at least three SCOTUS vacancies in the next term and if you care about social concerns that is the key. Do you want to let Hillary or Obama appoint the next three or four Supreme Court Justices? Go ahead and sit on your hands but I don't want to hear a damn peep out of you should that happen.