First: Greg, we talked about your father when you were up here, but please know that Michelle and I continue to pray for you all.

Second: Maybe I'm only noticing these things now that they're on my mind (and because I enjoy being contrary to Scott), but it does seem like Thompson is gaining some ground, at least in the blogosphere.

Here are three recent expository endorsements.

From the second:

Even my biggest reservation about Thompson actually reflects well on his political spine: If simply getting elected and staying atop the polls were what Fred Thompson were all about, he'd be a much better candidate, but ultimately a much worse president. For better or worse, he's running his campaign the way he believes it should be run — meaning he wasn't stampeded into an early start, and there are definite limits to the indignities that he'll willingly suffer for the sake of retail campaigning.