How can he be ‘campaigning’ while still ‘on the air’.
Seem to remember that Fred Thompson had to wait until L&O had run out the NEW shows before he could even stump.
And he was just an actor, in a role that would have made him LIB except they already had the Lib angle covered
Scarborough - no matter how small an audience he may have - is on daily in a talk show capacity at least giving him the ‘bully pulpit’ for a few hours a week
That’s why Huckabee won’t run, he’s making too much money on TV. IIRC, Newt and Santorum were let go when it looked like they were running.