Under the Bus

Phillip Martin has previous arrests for drug sales of marijuana and cocaine. This is troubling news for the Fred Thompson campaign. Martin is the campaign co-chairman. On Meet the Press, Thompson left open the possibility that Martin would resign from the campaign. Thompson said he would not throw Martin under the bus.

Martin meet bus. Bus meet Martin.

The campaign has issued this statement form Martin: "I have decided to resign my position as Chair of 'First Day Founders' of 'The Friends of Fred Thompson.' The focus of this campaign should be on Fred Thompson's positions on the issues and his outstanding leadership ability, not on mistakes I made some 24 years ago. I deeply regret any embarrassment this has caused."

This was the best thing for the Thompson campaign to do. The only problem is don't have Thompson say on national television say he isn't going to throw Martin under the bus, then proceed to do said act. The media thought Martin was going to stay on the campaign.