I feel like only a day has passed since early May.

If I remember this correctly, we were talking about the possibility that Thompson might upstage the GOP Reagan library debate in May by appearing on Leno. I can’t remember if it was that debate or the next one, but one night he did appear on Hannity & Colmes directly after the debate just to make clear he was serious about thinking about being a serious candidate. And so now, we have a debate in September (next Wednesday), and Thompson will appear on Leno … making the debate seem … a little irrelevant. Everyone who is running won’t be there and more Americans will see Thompson on Leno anyway.

Though, it should be said, New Hampshire residents might not feel the same way.