[Sudetenland]

Besides, you can't win the Presidency by talking about how hard you worked in the past. He needed to work hard in the current campaign and he didn't.

I was a part of the draft Fred movement. He was my fondest hope from the instant his name was mentioned...He is my greatest disappointment. The Texas Fred08 group was one of the most active in the nation, but I never evn got a chance to vote because he didn't put forward the effort to win.

The truth is, if he had entered into the race in July, the nomination would have been his for the asking. He pi$$ed a lot of his supporters off with that little stunt (or perhaps a more measured term, such as "alienated" would be appropriate).

I blame him for the choices with which we are now faced.

[fieldmarshaldj]

While we can say in hindsight now what he should’ve done, the fact is that he thought it was absolutely ludicrous to declare for President so long before the cycle. We are reaching the point now that a candidate has to declare 2 to 4 years in advance to be “viable.” While he may have made the mistake now of not entering early enough, I don’t think it would’ve mattered. The media and the RINO establishment didn’t want him, they ignored his candidacy from the day after he declared onward, focusing on the likes of Rudy, et al, who was the preferred choice. They didn’t want a Conservative GOP candidate, they just wanted another liberal, and now they’re gonna get one. It just makes you sick.