Not just political reporters, but political producers, and the owners of aforesaid political producers, ie, the MSM are collectively bitching because they can't monetize his candidacy to their own ends -- by leveling any number of falsehoods against a Fred candidacy -- until he declares.
They can't attack him until then -- it would be "unseemly". So right now he has a couple of bureau & pool guys kinda sorta floating along with the tide, and he's not making any "news". And that pi$$es off certain MSM Manhattan Libs, whose sole outlook on life is to bring you rumors and innuendo, particularly when levied against a rugged individualist conservative like Fred Thompson.
But anyone here who would criticize Fred for opting not to declare in the traditional MSM Off-Season, while most of the news MSMugglers are taking in the Fire Island or P-Town breezes from Memorial Day to Labor Day, are simply delusional & grossly undereducated in the ways of the MSM. Which is not a shock to me -- most of these Born in '07 disruptors will quickly go the way of nopardons and the rest of the Giuliette & (the admittedly absurdly funny) Paulist cabals.
Yep.