No direct word from him but rather from his top supporters. Fred? I love the man, but he didn’t exactly run a stellar campaign when he had the chance. He excited just a small segment of the base in the beginning and gradually lost it as supporters saw that his campaign was a dud. We need excitement among the grassroots, to utilize the internet as a campaign tool, and someone who’ll help draw new members to the party. Fred doesn’t exactly meet that definition.

“I’m extremely excited that he’s considering it,” said Scooter Clippard, a Middle Tennessee businessman who spearheaded national fundraising for the Thompson and McCain campaigns. “It’s time for a change. Fred Thompson would be the absolute best person to articulate that message for the party.”

Thompson’s appeal, his supporters say, is that he has no future presidential ambitions for himself — only for his party. The former actor is also an able communicator — once famously described as a “southern-fried Reagan” — in a party sorely in need of a new message and a new direction.

“The party’s going to be looking for a messenger. Here’s a guy who’s looking toward the future of the country, not looking to pad his resume,” former Thompson campaign staffer Bob Davis of Nashville said…

Thompson has not said anything about the RNC chairmanship publicly, but the prospect has his supporters intrigued. Even former Republican presidential nominee John McCain is in on the speculation.

Being a great communicator is important but not everything when you’re organizing the entire Republican Party. You should actually have some campaigning skills and he didn’t really show them when he had the chance.