On Monday night, former Senator Fred Thompson announced on the Jay Leno Show that he's a candidate for president of the United States. Not that I'm voting for him anyway, but, if the Republican party needed something to make them interesting in this upcoming political season they got it.

As I was watching Monday night, Thompson reminded me more of the head of the airport in Die Hard II, as well as the D.A. from Law and Order, than any true candidate for president. There's just nothing boring about this guy. Even though he took on some of the same causes that make most of the other Republicans unpopular right now (he's for keeping troops in Iraq), he has this folksy way of saying things, including some of the little Southern quips he comes up with, that just makes him really entertaining.

And that's a little scary for someone like me, who's really hoping for a major change in political parties in this upcoming presidential election, because, well, when it's boring, you just stick with your favorite candidate and move on. When someone comes across as particularly charismatic in some way,... well, Bill Clinton did beat an incumbent president for the first time in almost 100 years after all, probably more for his charm than anything else.

And get this; Thompson also stated he's not sure he'll participate in any of the debates because he doesn't believe the way they're run is in anyone's best interest; well, when everyone's agreeing on the same thing (except for this guy Paul from Texas), I guess there wouldn't be much to debate about.

Politics might have just gotten entertaining; not sure how I feel about that.