The American Conservative says that it's too early for a Webb for President bandwagon, but I know someone who signed up for it in 2004. At the time Webb had made a splash with Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America. In town that fall was Tom Wolfe promoting I am Charlotte Simmons. After needling the overwhelmingly leftist audience he was asked who he thought could be a good president (the election had been the week before) and he said James Webb. This seemed to disappoint everyone including the questioner who felt that he had been cheated of an opportunity to argue with Wolfe. I may not care for Webb but as is usually the case Wolfe was ahead of the curve.
