We are in...
The game is afoot...
Indeed it is. My vote and support is Fred’s to lose at this point.
I was initially a little suprised at the announcement on Leno, but in retrospect, how would a candidate who already has an impending web announcement/statement in approximately four hours (from the time the wires picked up on the Leno taping) go on national late night talkshow and NOT affirm what we’ve all known to be the date for the past several days?
After the decision was made to do a Leno interview, continuing the deferral for even a couple more hours would’ve seemed too slick.
As is, we’re officially announced, and in front of a national audience with a much larger interest in Fred Thompson and the Tonight Show’s entertainment than in an early political debate.