“Is Thompson not “announcing” because there may be other issues yet to emerge? It would be smart to wait so these become “old news”, though.”
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I disagree. The public knows Thompson as an actor but little about his politics. If he allows this void to continue, enemies will fill in the blanks. He should announce already, does he really think that he has some sort of elelment of surprise?
I bet if he rushes his announcement and then flops because of lack of organization, you will be first in line to celebrate.
The ones who don't know his politcs and know him as an actor like him. The ones who know his politics LOVE him.
If he allows this void to continue, enemies will fill in the blanks.
They're doing a bang up job so far! All they're doing is dredging up memories of Billary's sordid past. Every time they do one of these stupid hit pieces, there's a collective 'So What???' and then all of the slung mud ricochets right back to the Clintons.
He should announce already, does he really think that he has some sort of elelment of surprise?
Let's put it this way: if Fred Thompson wanted to announce today, he wouldn't need any fanfare or even a press release. He could simply put a video up on youtube and link to it from his site. If that video was 10 minutes long, within 48 hours it would be played in it's entirety on every major network and repeatedly on cable networks. It would be viewed online by millions more. It would be emailed from person to person and saved and shared. He would get more face time with the American people than any candidate has had to date. And it would cost him exactly nothing. Youtube would even pay for the bandwidth.
You think maybe he could be just a step ahead of the 'conventional wisdom' on this? :)