How’s he gonna do it if he doesn’t say “I’m Fred Thompson and I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.”?
It’s over in 9 months, Fred...
Oops...forgot to put on the goggles. There’s the magical candidate that doesn’t need to campaign, fund raise, or partake in debates.
You go Fred....
Did you watch the GOP debate, starring Chris Matthews? The questions were petty, silly, devisive and irrelevent. The candidates responded to the silly, meaningless questions and no substantial topics were discussed.
Meanwhile, Fred was on interview shows, blogging, and on webcasts, talking about things like smaller government, federalism, the WOT, and the like. This may not work for Fred, but at least he is getting his message out. The others... not so good.
By delaying, Fred is actually controlling his message, rather than letting the MSM control it for him.