Look at the support that Thompson is getting from some very notable lawyers (and law professors). He definitely seems to be the candidate of the Volokh Conspiracy, with the support of at least three of the conspirators (Eugene himself, Jonathan Adler, and Orrin Kerr). Interesting, considering the libertarian bent of the site.

[Update a few minutes later]

I’ve never been to Thompson’s web site before. I was just looking over his policy positions. A lot of it is motherhood (the devil’s always in the details) but I find very little there with which I disagree. I have to say that I particularly liked this one: “I am committed to…dissolution of the IRS as we know it.”

I was hoping that he would outright advocate eliminating the Department of Education as well, but that might be seen as too extreme a position in a general election campaign.

No space policy, though, or even a general science and technology policy, other than energy. Wonder if he’d like some suggestions?