Fred Thompson leads in two more national polls

Until now, only the Rasmussen national polls have had Thompson in the lead over Rudy Guiliani.

Now, both the most recent Zogby poll and the most recent Harris poll have Thompson with a narrow lead. As noted before, he is doing remarkably well as a non-candidate.

The downer is that he will be expected to do even better when he is a formal, working candidate -- a point that has yet to be proven. The fact that the Dems are attacking him on all fronts, though, is an encouraging sign.