His biggest advantage is that he has gone against the grain of 'normal' campaigning. I saw this in March when the grassroots was just begining.
His response in a few hours on the web to Michael Moore's debate challenge was priceless, and an indicator of HOW Fred was going to communicate with a larger audience and more frequently than any of the other candidates. His blog, articles at RedState, and ImwithFred.com all show the eloquence and direction he would take the country. Too many here on FR dismiss him with the 'he's just an actor' dogma, but his own words speak for him.
There are those fanatical posters here, that try to turn his words into an issue, but they only choose the words that support their claim, and ignore anything that disputes that claim.
Fred will be the nominee.
I realize that summer months are dead political months, so I am willing to cut him a little slack. But I must say I am an extremely observant political hack, but policy papers do not impress me. This is in no way Freds fault, and I know that it is my "responsibility" to learn the facts, but my point is, if I don't take the time to read them, will the general public? Let's face it, whether we like it or not, we live in a visual age. I have access to every single thing that Fred, and other candidates have written, yet I do not search it out.
My fear is that if I don't do it (someone who is a political junky) will others? I hope that Fred doesn't rely too much on his position papers, and his guest editorial too much, and gets out their and does some real visual campaigning.
I only bring this up in regards to Fred (who is not my candidate) because he is the one that said he would run a more internet based campaign. I do look forward to seeing what he has to say.