Oh my, what to do? Fred won’t jump right in 15 months before the election! Oh woe is me! Waaaaa! Waaaaa! Waaaaa!
Sorry, but nobody’s interested before Thanksgiving. Fred is exactly right to not waste his money or time now.
>>>Sorry, but nobody’s interested before Thanksgiving. Fred is exactly right to not waste his money or time now.<<<
The Iowa Caucus is January 14. A failure to build a network of support across the country months before then is an almost guaranteed assurance of failure.
Traditionally, the Ames Straw Poll has served as a point at which the wagons began to circle around a select group of candidates.
Not only does Thompson’s failure to make an appearance hurt his own campaign, but it also hurts the party by leaving a grey cloud hanging over the horizon.
Even if Fred Thompson did take the Republican nomination, he’d do so at a disadvantage to the Dim nominee, who would have been building a nationwide network of support for well over a year.