[Norman Bates]

Here is the difficulty for Fred: He is insisting on running as an outsider, but that does not jive with his 15 year stint as a lobbyist. The Dems will attack him with this.

[Prokopton]

Here is the difficulty for Fred: He is insisting on running as an outsider,

Do you have some reference that Fred said anything like this, or are you just parroting a statement giving the opinion of an AP reporter?

[ThePythonicCow]

The Dems will attack him with this.

Well, criminey. The Dems will attack him no matter what. The only way they wouldn't attack him would be if he was either too useful as an idiot, or a hopeless looser. And even then, they couldn't resist attacking him for being a stupid looser.

If the lobbyist attack is the best the Dems have, then I look forward to eight good years of President Thompson.