After his farewell speech sans farewell Saturday night in South Carolina, Fred was nowhere to be seen today. He was apparently visiting his mother, who is in a hospital in Nashville, but one report says he "has announced no campaign plans for Florida."

Meanwhile, a Georgia organizer for Thompson defected to the Romney camp today, saying: “I don’t know if he’s pulling out today or tomorrow or not at all. But clearly Fred Thompson is not going to be the nominee.” Ouch.

Rumors are that a formal announcement of his departure from the race could come as early as tomorrow.