[LS]

Fred, so far, has his “holding pattern” barely off the ground. He hasn’t made any consistent gains since first dipping his toes in. And with AZ and MI now moving THEIR primaries up, Fred’s going to have to have quite a magic act to make up 15% in polls.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Despite all the media hype for Huckabee, he is tied with the supposedly non-electable Ron Paul. Romney is going nowhere despite his big spending.

[Beagle8U]

Fred is polling ahead of Rooty in Michigan in every poll of likely Republican primary voters.

Rooty is toast and only MSM spin is propping him up now.

[inkling]

Fred, so far, has his “holding pattern” barely off the ground. He hasn’t made any consistent gains since first dipping his toes in. And with AZ and MI now moving THEIR primaries up, Fred’s going to have to have quite a magic act to make up 15% in polls.

I'm not disagreeing with you; I'm not a Fred backer. It just seems like voters are waiting for Fred to officially jump in, then figure out if he's presidential caliber.

A problem with Fred's support is that people don't really know where he stands on all the issues. He seems like a good guy, so people assume he must agree with them. Remember this same thing happened when Colin Powell flirted with a campaign in the '90s. No one knew what he believed in so they projected their beliefs on him.

Once he gets in and mixes it up for a few months, I'll be able to see if I can support him. But I'm not going to rule him in or out until he gets in the race.