The Geezer Vote

Maybe it's that new wife 25 years his junior? The AP reports:

WASHINGTON: Fred Thompson's expected entry into the tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him into the thick of the nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says.

Or maybe it's America's growing inability to distinguish TV fiction from reality. Mitt Romney, rival candidate for the presidential nomination, is quoted by AP saying of Thompson, "He's a terrific guy, and he's been putting bad guys away every week on [the NBC show] 'Law & Order.' "

Naw. It's the much younger wife.