I’m a Duncan Hunter guy first, but Fred’s my #2 choice. I just feel there’s some other shoe that has to drop, and they’re waiting for a Tsunami, Hurricane, or the September Iraq Report from Petraeus to let it drop, so that it’ll get short mention during a busy news cycle.
Just my sense, but I agree that being tied for first or #2 isn’t bad.
I don’t claim to know the strategy. But it will blamed for him losing this thing, I’m guessing, at some point.