Yup. They tried attacking him early on; it didn't work.
Now, I'd say that they're studiously ignoring him, while talking up candidates that don't have a snowball's chance (McCain, Huckabee) of winning.
I like Fred, but even objectively speaking, I think Fred has a pretty good chance.
The MSM/Dems are, by nature rather shallow. Besides Fred being a conservative, they also fear his “star power,” real or imagined.
Since all they have to tout are populist policies and meaningless credentials, they put a lot more emphasis on personality and name recognition. They are shallow and they think the American people are ignorant and shallow.
They DEPEND on those voters to win and don’t want to lose any of them to a movie/TV star.