In September 2003, despite facing a front loaded primary season, John Kerry publicly declared his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. He went on to win the Democratic nomination despite the formidable campaign army and war chest amassed by Howard Dean.
In September 2007, Fred D. Thompson will announce his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Right now he's putting his campaign in place, finding the right people, settling on advisors, and raising enough money to float the ship, but not enough to set it sailing in violation of FEC rules.
All of a sudden, September just isn't good enough for the media. The Thompson ship is allegedly sinking in dry dock because he's moving staffers around, some people are leaving, and woe unto us, Thompson is not raising President candidate level money according to unnamed sources who are not connected to the campaign.
It was only a matter of time before the media went after Thompson. Arguably, even without entering the race, he has become the conservative standard bearer. Romney has been unable to gain traction with the Christian right. McCain committed hari kari on the floor of the Senate. And the more people watch YouTube clips of Rudy's NARAL speech, the less people really want to support him.
Go to Redstate to read the rest of Erick's great piece.
LOL. I’d forgotten that fact.
But John Kerry was in Vietnam so that might make it different.
RS/Erik is right on the money.
Ohhhhhhhhh, how did I miss THIS????
The MSM is so juvenile. Thompson was and is under no obligation to announce just because some candidates started their campaigns obscenely early to maximize their $$$-raising potential.