I just recalled one light and funny moment-
Fred was in his intro and he got into his standard spiel about how they said it would cost $100 million to campaign this year, and so by delaying his entry he had saved $50 million dollars.
And then he said to the crowd, and that’s YOUR $50 MILLION we saved, so remember that a little later when we need you to give again! (This event was $1000 a person, so most people here are probably already maxed out for the primary but it was still funny anyway)
He will be able to go back to his donors, while some of the others in the top tier are: firing campaign fund mgrs, tapping their own bank account, or just plain going broke.
After Feb 5th when he has a lock on the nomination all that missing “Republican donation” cash will flood in.
BTW... Senator Allen looked like a fine VP in those photos.