I think Thompson did minor harm to himself by waiting so long. It can easily be overcome once he is in the race because the rest of the top contenders are weak. If anyone benefited from the delay it was one of the candidates other than Rudy McRomany. The fact that a non-candidate could compete at all was an insult to Rudy McRomney. The other candidates have been given extra time to introduce themselves. They are the ones who benefited from the delay.
Something like...
...”Everyone who knows me, knows my history, will tell you, if anything, that I’m a very fair minded fella.
So, in the spirit of fairness, I held back a few weeks to allow my good friends who were already candidates, to get a “leg up”.
Hope y’all got your footing real good, now” LOL
Come on, don’t you want a guy (Romney) who is so impassioned about his support FOR abortion and FOR gay boy scoutmasters taking little boys camping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI