Why Fred Thompson?
By Robert D. Novak

Fred Thompson sat at the end of a long table in The Monocle restaurant on Capitol Hill Tuesday night for dinner with some 20 fellow conservatives, mostly journalists. He sent two signals. First, he sounded like a man who has decided to run for president. Second, his candidacy will be something different from other Republicans, in both substance and style. Thompson’s performance Tuesday night, with his remarks off the record, helped show why many Republican insiders are ready to support him…