I am starting to like Fred more and more. I am getting tired of his failure to officially affirm or definitively negate his candidacy; he is beginning to annoy me on this.
Surely you know he is running. It is well documented that if he announces prior to the airing of some programs he is under contract on, networks would have to offer "equal time" to other candidates. Those airings will be complete this month.
But for a guy who hasn't announced, he sure seems to be getting a lot of press, doesn't he? What would be the benefit of announcing today instead of in four weeks?
Fred’s waiting for formal announcement after the 2Q FEC reports is extremely wise. I’m sure you can imagine what negative headlines would be spun against him if he were to announce now and only have a couple of weeks to fundraise and then have to disclose those numbers. The media wouldn’t provide any context of his new candidacy and would exploit it as a poor performance.
As is, he’s getting LOTS of publicity without spending a nickle.