[SuziQ]

Fred Thompson is likely to say his campaign is not lackluster or lagging behind despite the emerging perception among GOP insiders.

It seems the insiders have been against Fred since BEFORE he announced. Not surprising they still feel the same.

[commonguymd]

They have been against Fred from the beginning and have been trying to write a narrative that writes him out of the competition -— but so far they have only realized mild success. He is still strong in the polls and did well tonight.