Romney welcomes Thompson to race, sort of

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The Boston Globe reports on some amusing comments by Mitt about Fred's impending announcement. Read the entire thing here.

Instead of attending a Wednesday night debate in Durham, Thompson will be Los Angeles to appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

"I think it will boost the ratings for Jay Leno's show, but I'd rather be doing well in New Hampshire," said Romney, who is leading in most polls in this early voting state.

"Well, I guess the only comment I'd make to Fred Thompson would be: Why the hurry? Why not take a little longer to think this over?" Romney jokingly told reporters. "From my standpoint, if he wants to wait until January or February, that would be ideal."

"I think people will notice there have been a bunch of guys who have been working real hard to get to know voters across the country," Romney said.

"I think he'll have some fun. We're going to presumably have some debates with him. We'll have had five without him."

Mitt is a nice guy. But his points still comes across very well.

"Why the hurry?" I love it.