Remember how I recklessly predicted Fred Thompson taking first place in New Hampshire?  Yeah, well, it would help if he actually goes to New Hampshire again (he’s been there once), which he doesn’t seem intent on doing anytime soon:

A key supporter to former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) joined a rival campaign Tuesday morning, telling The Hill that Thompson is clearly not intending to campaign seriously in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

Former state Rep. Dan Hughes was in line to serve as Thompson’s state chairman, but Hughes said Tuesday he is joining Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign as state vice chairman instead.

Thompson’s apparent reluctance to campaign in the Granite State has rubbed many voters and officials there the wrong way, and it could get worse. One source told The Hill on Tuesday that Thompson is not planning to file to run there personally, sending a surrogate instead.

So perhaps Thompson’s new strategy is to reject both the old and the new methods of running for President: he refused to start early and he won’t pay attention to the early states.  Thompson labels criticism along these lines as talking about “the process game.”  Well, I suppose, but it is also known as the electoral process, which tends to be important in getting elected.  Thompson may be one of the first candidates to to try to run by first ignoring substance and then ignoring process.  He did say his campaign would be different!