I like Fred, but I see things about him that indicate he is not really enthusiastic in his quest.
If he were so sure of his candidacy, he would have announced several weeks ago. He knows his immediate success, but I believe he was EXPECTING to jump to the front immediately. But since Rudy has remained in the lead and he has stayed neutral, I think he is having second thoughts.
There is his new and young family who needs him, he has Lymphoma and stress tends to make it aggressive. He also has his private life in tact and may be reluctant to give that up for a few short years of complete turmoil.
It is also getting late for any viable candidate to get into the race since most of the large financial commitments have been been made to other candidates. The primaries have also been moved up which makes the timeline even tighter.
Many things to consider, these are a few that I can think of.
It has been said repeatedly that he CAN NOT ANNOUNCE until the Law and Order season is over. That would mean that the rest of the new episodes couldn’t be shown. Maybe commitments mean nothing to you, but they do to Fred Thompson.
Sixty percent of the money normally in the campaign is being withheld. Funny how you leave out all the fact that are against your liberal candidate.
If you are so concerned about Fred’s well being why not send him a note and tell him to abandon his quest for the presidency. I am sure he will follow your advice.