Fred Thompson: I don't care if I am president

I have said for a long time that the reason Fred Thompson will lose the nomination is that he simply doesn't want the job. It turns out he agrees with my analysis and claims he'd be just as happy to NOT be nominated.

"I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don't do it," he said. "I'm not particularly interested in running for president."

But he said others convinced him to run.

"I approached it from a standpoint ... of kind of a marriage. You know if one side of the marriage has to be really talked into the marriage, you know it probably ain't going to be a good deal for either one of them. But if you mutually think that this is a good thing -- in this case you think it's a good thing for the country -- then you have an opportunity to do some wonderful things together," he said.

I guess this makes Thompson into the Steven Forbes of this campaign. He is not there to win, but to ensure that his issues are given a voice. Then again, it would not be the worst thing in the world to have a man in power, who is not a power seeker. Assuming, of course, that you believe he means what he says.