RANDY BARNETT SAYS HE’S out of the running for the Attorney General slot.

UPDATE: Bill Hobbs suggests Fred Thompson: “Everybody trusts Fred Thompson. After the polarizing John Ashcroft, that counts for something.”

Not a bad idea. I mean, since we can’t have Randy Barnett.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Jerry Shaw emails: “Rather than Attorney General, how about Fred Thompson as the new Chief Justice?”