DES MOINES, Iowa — A politician can go a long way in this country by being underestimated.

Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger all benefited from low expectations.

And few serious presidential candidates have enjoyed lower expectations than Fred Thompson. To read his early reviews, you would think it was Fred Flintstone on the stump.

Truth be told, Thompson makes underestimating him easy.

On a three-day tour of Iowa this week, as he ambled ...

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