Brothers Rich and Jim take me to task for writing that “all the polls” showed Fred Thompson trending “sharply upwards,” pointing out several polls published today that do no such thing. I appreciate the solicitude, reply by assuring you that I can indeed read numbers, and ask, I’m afraid, if you can read timestamps. I put up that post last night, when the polls listed on RealClearPolitics did indeed show Thompson having gained several points–or some 30 to 40 percent–for the week. The time-space continuum being as unforgiving as it is, I could not have known, last night, that that pleasing set of polls would yield, today, to more mixed result, including a couple from which I would rather avert my gaze altogether.

But we Fredheads still have our dreams. Literally. From a reader:

Loses by 4 to McCain. Saw it in a dream last night.