On the surface it's not a big deal, Thompson, who was President Bush's first Secretary of Health and Human Services, was until a couple of months ago a candidate for president in his own right. But he is the first presidential drop-out to make an endorsement. Thompson was hoping for a strong showing in the Iowa Straw Poll to at least put him at the top of the second-tier of GOP hopefuls, but it was former Arkansas Mike Huckabee who "won" that honor.
Thompson hopped on the Rudy bandwagon in a seemingly odd place, miles of way from America's Dairyland--and New York City--in South Carolina. But Giuliani is an abortion-rights supporter, and Thompson is pro-life, so maybe announcing the endorsement in one of the country's most conservative states makes sense.
South Carolina's best political blog, The Palmetto Scoop, offers a good analysis of Rudy's predicament as he hustles votes in this very important early primary state.
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